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LANDMARKS 


Evangelical  Association, 

CONTAINING 

ALL  THE  OFFICIAL  RECORDS  OF  THE  ANNUAL  AND  GENERAL  CON- 
FERENCES FROM  THE  DAYS  OF  JACOB  ALBRIGHT 
TO  THE  YE2\R  1S40; 

AND  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE 
TOGETHER  WITH  IMPORTANT  EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  TRANS- 
ACTIONS OF  THE  GENERAL  CONFERENCE  FROM 
1840  TO  THE  PRESENT  TIME. 


S.  C.  BREYFOGEL. 


A.  D.  1800-1887. 


READING,  PA. : 
Eagle  Book  Pkint,  542  Pens  Street. 


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"  "Whereas,  S.  C.  Breyfogel  has  prepared  a  manu- 
scinpt  containing  the  transactions  of  this  Conference 
from  its  origin  to  the  present  session,  and  asks  Confer- 
ence to  grant  him  permission  to  jjahlish  it;  therefore  he  it 

Resolved,  That  we  grant  the  required  permission  and 
encourage  the  p>uhlication  of  the  contemplated  work  in 
consideration  of  its  value  to  preachers  and  people  as  a 
hook  of  refereyiccP 

Passed  by  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 

February  28th,  1SS7. 


TO  THE  REMNANT 

OF  THAT 

NOBLE  COMPANY  OF  THE  FATHERS 

WHOSE  GODLY  LIVES  AND  HEROIC  DEEDS  HAVE  MADE 
THE  RECORD  OF  THESE  PAGES  POSSIBLE, 

AND  TO  THE 

goung  Pen  in  Ihc  pinistrg 

WHOSE  PIETY,  LEARNING,  AND  DISINTERESTED  DEVO- 
TION MAKE  THEM  WORTHY  SUCCESSORS  OF  THE 
MIGHTY  MEN  OF  THE  PAST,  THIS  VOLUME 
IS  AFFECTIONATELY  INSCRIBED. 


i='e.h:f'_a.ch:. 


A  familiar  actquaintance  with  the  past  leads  to  a  truer 
appreciation  of  the  present  and  a  more  intelligent  appre- 
hension of  the  future.  Prompted  by  such  a  motive, 
the  compiler  of  this  work,  now  offered  to  the  Churcii, 
frequently  consulted  tlie  official  records  daring  the 
time  when  he  was  honored  with  the  secretaryship  of  his 
Conference.  BecausR  of  the  discoveries  which  re- 
warded every  research,  and  on  account  of  tlie  trains  of 
thought  which  these  pages  of  the  past  awakened,  casual 
and  desultory  inquiries  soon  grew  into  a  delightful  and 
systematic  study,  and  from  a  perusal  for  personal  in- 
formation the  plan  widened  into  an  effort  to  share  with 
otliers  tlie  knowledge  of  these  old  doings  which  lay  en- 
tombed within  the  musty  records  of  the  years  gone  by. 

Up  to  the  year  1874  the  present  work  is  a  transla- 
tion, inasmuch  as  the  minutes  prior  to  that  date  were 
recorded  in  German.  To  make  these  translations  from 
German  script  was  singularly  difficult.  The  peculiar 
phraseology  of  the  past  and  the  time-honored  expres- 
sions which  have  the  twofold  sanction  of  age  and  con- 
tinued use  are  retained,  often  at  the  expense  of  awk- 
wardness in  the  English  construction.  In  a  word, 
equivalent  renderings  rather  than  rhetoric,  and  concise- 
ness of  statement  in  preference  to  style,  have  been  the 
constant  aim.  There  could  have  been  greater  conden- 
sation of  the  transactions  by  avoiding  repetition  of  ex- 
pressions, but  upon  close  inspection  it  will  readily  ap- 


PREFACE. 


pear  that  the  plan  pursued  secures  a  more  complete 
connection  of  events,  an  item  of  no  small  importance  to 
one  who  is  a  student  of  historic  sequence,  as  well  as  an 
observer  of  facts.  The  monotony  which  is  necessarily 
connected  with  a  repetition  of  terras  has  been  relieved, 
as  far  as  was  consistent  with  conscientious  exactness  and 
a  faithful  presentation  of  the  old  and  the  new  ways  of 
doing  things. 

Transactions  affectins:  the  personnel  of  the  Confer- 
ence, boundaries,  church  aifairs,  education,  finance, 
missionary  appropriations,  etc.,  are  not  found  upon  the 
earlier  records  in  the  systematic  and  convenient  form 
in  which  they  appear  in  this  volume ;  on  the  contrary, 
they  lie  scattered  in  unclassified  groups.  In  later  years, 
when  the  committee  reports  on  moral  questions  become 
voluminous,  and  the  resolutions  of  one  year  contain 
repetitions  of  former  deliverances,  the  repetitions  are 
omitted  and  the  language  condensed. 

This  publication  includes  all  the  ofhcial  Annual  and 
General  Conference  proceedings  of  the  entire  Associa- 
tion prior  to  the  year  1840.  Subsequent  to  this  period 
the  scope  of  the  book  narrows  down  to  the  proceedings 
of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference,  interleaved  with 
important  extracts  from  the  transactions  of  the  General 
Conference. 

Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  alphabetical  roll 
of  preachers  and  to  the  table  of  statistics.  Nothing 
like  the  former  appears  upon  the  records,  and  before 
the  year  1861  there  is  only  a  fragmentary  and  unsys- 
tematic attempt  to  compile  statistics.  No  means  have 
been  left  unemployed,  both  of  scrupuh-us  research  and 
repeated  revision,  to  make  these  lists  so  accurate  and 


PRKFACE. 


reliable,  that  those  who  call  here  for  information  raaj 
do  so  with  the  fullest  confidence.  Thoroughness  has 
been  the  persistent  aim  of  the  undertaking.  For  its 
imperfections  of  statement  the  indulgence  of  the  reader 
is  solicited. 

To  the  brethren  in  the  ministry,  for  tlieir  cheerful 
and  ready  assistance,  as  well  as  for  their  kind  words  of 
encouragement,  the  compiler  is  under  many  obligations. 
In  the  preparation  of  the  copious  index,  Kev.  J.  H. 
Shirey  rendered  valuable  assistance.  Other  quiet  and 
helpful  hands  were  constantly  extended  to  lighten  the 
task  and  hasten  its  completion. 

The  East  Pennsylvania  Conferen3e  possesses  a  strik- 
ing and  impressive  individuality,  which  a  careful  analysis 
of  her  proceedings  and  an  impartial  study  of  her  spirit 
will  reveal.  Her  history  is  the  history  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Association  during  the  greater  part  of  the  first 
half  of  this  century;  her  spirit  of  self  denial  and  heroic 
energy  is  the  spirit  of  her  founders,  our  fathers.  For 
the  many  days  of  pains-taking  labor  spent  upon  the 
pages  now  ready,  it  will  be  a  rich  compensation,  if  the 
apostolic  spirit  of  the  early  days  will  return  more  fully 
upon  us  through  the  study  of  these  Evangelical  Land- 
marks. 


COISTTEISTTS. 


Page. 

Preface 5 

The  Early  Days 9 

The  Eastern  and  Western  Conferences 49 

The  East  Pennsylvania  Conference 97 

Alphabetical  Eoll  of  Preachers 393 

Our  Dead 410 

Tables  of  ^Statistics 412 

Index 419 


I'HE)  E^AF^L/Y  DAY^. 


isoo-is2.e. 


"We  ha've  heard  with  our  ears,  O  God,  our  fathers  have  told 
us  ivhat  work  thou  didst  in  their  days,  in  the  times  of  old.''"' — 
Ps.  XLIV:  1. 


The  origin  of  the  Evangelical  Association  and  the 
proceedings  of  the  Conferences  of  Evangelical  preachers, 
from  A.  D.  1800  to  1813.     Eecorded  by 

George  Miller,  Elder. 


At  the  Conference  session,  held  at  IXevr  Berlin,  Pa., 

June  T-11,  1819,  it  was  resolved  that  the  proceedings 

compiled  by  George  Miller,  as  well  as  all  the  subsequent 

transactions  of  the  Conference  up  to  date,  be  inscribed 

in  a  suitable  conference  record,  to  be  procured  for  this 

purpose.     This  was  done  by 

Joh:n^  Deeisbach, 

Presiding  Elder. 

Jantart  31,  lS-20. 


THS  E^ARLY  DAY 


r^ 


1800. 

The  Lord  our  God,  who  always  imparts  sufficient  light 
to  men  to  work  within  them  a  irood  will  and  purpose, 
also  bestows  the  power  to  do  of  his  good  pleasure  and 
doubtless  enables  every  one  who  wills,  to  perform  his 
commandments  and  to  become  a  diligent  co-worker  in 
the  kingdom  of  grace  according  to  the  ability  that  has 
been  given  him. 

Moreover  Christ  the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  all  souls 
gathers  and  edifies  his  church  in  manifold  ways,  but 
more  especially  through  such  who  are  faithful  fellow- 
workers  with  his  grace,  whom  he  enlightens  and  sancti- 
fies by  his  Holy  Spirit.  And  whenever  in  the  past  the 
needs  of  Christendom  have  required  it,  he  has,  in 
various  ways  through  his  wise  Providence,  caused  anew 
the  revival  of  true  godliness  by  means  of  his  devoted 
servants.  We  therefore  accept  as  a  gift  from  the  Lord, 
that  which  he  has  wrought  through  his  servant  Jacob 
Albright,  the  Evangelical  preacher  ;  for  we  perceive 
that  it  has  pleased  the  Lord  to  work,  and  spread  abroad 
his  knowledge  through  the  counsel  and  direction  of  this 
godly  man. 

Under   the  direction  of  this   devout  preacher,  vari- 
ous  persons    united    themselves,    in   the   year   of   our 


12  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1802. 

Lord  1800,  to  pray  with  and  for  each  other,  in  order 
that  they  might  be  saved  from  sin  and  flee  from  the 
wrath  to  come.  In  order  to  begin  and  carry  out  this 
good  and  momentous  work,  they  decided  to  spend  each 
Sunday  in  social  prayer,  and  to  set  apart  every  Wednes- 
day evening  for  prayermeeting.  Studiously  and  with 
diligence  they  sought  to  avoid  everything  evil  and  sinful 
and  to  do  all  manner  of  good  as  far  as  God  gave  them 
strength  and  ability.  Tho  number  of  those  disposed  to 
attend  such  meetings  soon  increased  and  the  work  grew 
from  year  to  year,  as  the  records  will  show.  This  was 
the  origin  of  the  united  Evangelical  Association,  the 
operations  of  which  at  first  extended  throughout  the 
Counties  of  Berks  and  Northampton  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania.  Because  of  their  peculiarly  earnest  man- 
ner in  worship,  and  more  especially  because  Jacob 
Albright,  by  the  grace  of  God,  was  the  instrumental 
cause  of  their  solemn  union,  they  were  at  first  called 
''''The  Albrights^''  by  other  Christian  denominations. 


1801. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ 
1801,  the  Association  added  only  a  few  to  its  number. 
Several  persons  sought  and  found  grace  unto  the  pardon 
of  their  sins,  so  that  they  knew  and  were  assured  that 
God  was  their  reconciled  Father  through  Jesus  Christ. 


1802. 

During  this  year  about  twenty  persons  united  with 


1803.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  13 

the  Association.  Among  them  was  a  young  man  named 
John  Walter,  who  entered  the  work  of  the  ministry  as 
a  preacher  on  probation  under  the  dh'ection  of  the  Hev. 
Jacob  Albright. 


1803. 

The  membership  now  numbered  forty,  the  most  of 
whom  were  converted.  John  Walter  had  grown  in 
grace  and  continued  in  his  determination  to  be  a  co- 
laborer  in  the  work  of  spreading  the  knowledge  of  God. 
Abraham  Liesser,  another  young  man,  entered  the  work 
aspreacheron  probation  under  the  direction  of  Albright. 
During  this  year  the  Association  resolved  to  introduce 
and  establish  an  ecclesiastical  organization,  and  accord- 
ingly elected  Jacob  Albright  to  the  office  of  Elder  among 
them.  He  was  consecrated,  that  is  ordained,  by  the 
other  preachers  in  a  suitable  manner,  by  the  laying  on 
of  hands,  and  thereby  authorized  to  administer  all  the 
affairs  belonging  to  a  Christian  Church,  and  to  exercise 
the  duties  and  offices  belonging  to  an  Evangelical 
preacher.  With  one  accord  they  chose  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures as  their  rule  of  faith  and  conduct.  A  written 
license  was  granted  to  Albright  by  which  the  Association 
recognized  him  as  a  genuine  Evangelical  preacher,  and 
authorized  him  to  appoint  other  competent  persons  as 
CO  laborers.  This  license  was  given  under  the  following 
title  and  form: 

''''From  the  Elders  and  Brethren  of  his  Congregation  of 
Christian  Evangelical  Friends. 

We,  the  undersigned,  as  Evangelical  Christian  Eriends, 
recognize   and  declare  Jacob  Albright  to  be  a  genuine 


1-i  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1805. 

Evangelical  preacher  in  word  and  in  deed,  and  a  believer 
(confessor)  in  the  universal  Christian  Church  and  the 
communion  of  saints.  To  this  we  testify  as  brethren 
and  elders  of  his  congregation.  Given  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  on  the  5th  day  of  November,  1803.  Sub- 
scribed by  John  Walter  and  Abraham  Liesser  together 
with  fourteen  other  persons." 


4  804. 

In  this  year  the  total  membership  of  the  Evangelical 
Association  was  sixty,  the  greater  nnml)er  of  whom  pro- 
fessed to  have  experienced  a  change  of  heart.  The  cir- 
cuits were  confined  mainly  to  Berks  and  Northampton 
counties,  but  the  preachers  extended  tlieir  operations 
into  Northumberland  and  Centre.  The  traveling 
preachers  were  Jacob  Albright  elder,  and  John 
Walter  and  Abraham  Liesser  preachers  on  trial.  Alex- 
ander Jimeson  was  newly  received  on  trial.  The  salary 
of  the  preachers  was  raised  by  voluntary  contributions 
and  amounted  to  $15.30  for  each.  John  Walter  re- 
ceived permission  to  collect  special  contributions  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  a  horse  ;  he  secured  $37.33. 


4  805. 

The  membership  of  the  Evangelical  Association 
reached  a  total  of  seventy-five  persons  during  this  year. 
The  traveling  preachers  were  Jacob  Albright  elder, 
John  Walter  in  full  connection,  and  Alexander  Jimeson 
continued  on  trial.     George  Miller  was  newly  received 


1806.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS,  15 


on  trial.  Abraham  Liesser  died  during  the  year.  The 
fields  of  labor  remained  the  same  as  last  year.  Efforts 
were  made  to  establish  new  circuits  in  the  counties  of 
Dauphin  and  Lancaster.  Jacob  Albright  and  John 
Walter  received  equal  shares  from  the  general  collec- 
tions for  salary.  In  addition  to  his  salary  Walter  was 
permitted  to  collect  the  extra  sum  of  $18.67  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  a  horse.  The  friends  raised 
$66.67  for  Alexander  Jimeson  as  salary,  besides  giving 
him  permission  to  collect  $69.33  wherewith  to  purchase 
a  horse.  

1806. 

In  1806  the  work  spread  in  tiie  counties  of  North- 
umberland, Centre,  and  Dauphin.  The  total  member- 
ship was  120.  Three  traveling  preachers  served  the  ap- 
pointments. They  were  Jacob  Albright  elder,  and 
John  Walter  and  George  Miller  in  full  connection. 
Alexander  Jimeson  located  during  the  year  on  account 
of  family  concerns.  The  contributions  for  salary  were 
divided  in  equal  shares  among  Albright,  Walter,  Miller, 
and  Jimeson,  with  the  exception  that  an  extra  sum  was 
allowed  to  the  last  named  to  satisfy  him  for  his  services, 
after  which  he  returned  to  his  former  avocation.  The 
brethren  resolved  to  receive  no  more  preachers  on  pro- 
bation who  are  not  satisfied  with  an  equal  share  of  the 
general  salary  fund.  It  was  also  decided  to  create  a 
new  fund  to  be  called  '^ Brief scha ft  Stever,  the   object 

•Near  the  close  of  each  conference  year,  the  preachers-usually  the  duty  of  the 
innior  preacher  on  the  circuit-solicited  extra  contributions  with  which  to  supply 
dpflciencies  in  salary  and  assist  the  poor  of  the  church.    This  collection  was 

called  the  Briofschafl  Steuer,  and  will  be  designated  hereafter  in  these  pages  as 

the  Subsidiary  Collection.— S.  C.  B. 


16  EVANGELICAL    LAJSTDMAEKS.  [1807. 

of  which  was  to  meet  the  incidental  expenses  of  the 
traveling  preachers  and  to  assist  the  poor  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

A  suitable  license  was  given  to  each  of  the  preachers. 
The  society  authorized  the  appointment  of  local  preachers. 
In  consequence  of  this,  Charles  Bisse,  Jacob  Phillips, 
and  Solomon  Miller  received  license  during  the  year  as 
local  preachers.  It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  regular 
Annual  Conference  sessions  be  held,  to  consist  of  the 
foremost  members  of  our  Evangelical  Association,  but 
more  especially  of  our  preachers,  who  are  to  be  con- 
cerned to  promote  the  general  welfare  of  the  Associa- 
tion by  their  counsel  and  their  united  action. 


1807. 

The  First  Annual  Conference. 

The  first  regular  Annual  Conference  session  of  the 
Association  was  held  at  Muehlbach,  Dauphin  (now 
Lebanon)  Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  15th  and  16th  of  November, 
1807.  The  session  was  opened  with  a  season  of  prayer 
during  which  we  implored  the  divine  blessing  upon  our 
transactions.  Our  membership  had  now  reached  a  total 
of  220,  nearly  all  of  whom  professed  conversion.  The 
following  were  the  traveling  preachers :  Jacob  Albright 
elder,  and  John  Walter  and  George  Miller  in  full 
connection.  John  Dreisbach  and  Jacob  Frey  were 
newly  received  on  trial.  The  local  preachers  were 
Charles  Bisse,  Conrad  Phillips,  and  Solomon  Miller. 
The  class  leaders  and  exhorters  present  numbered 
twenty,  making  a  total  attendance  of  twenty-eight. 


1809.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS. 


Jacob  Albright  was  elected  Bishop  and  George  Miller, 
Elder  hy  a  majority  of  votes.  The  Conference  ap- 
pointed Jacob  Albright  to  prepare  and  publish  a  brief 
compendium  of  church  rules— a  Discipline^for  the  in- 
struction and  edification  of  tlie  societies.  The  fields  of 
labor  were  then  assigned  to  the  preachei's,  after  which 
the  session  closed  with  prayer. 


1808. 

The  membership  of  the  Association  was  not  reported. 
There  was,  however,  an  increase  in  number.  Besides 
Albright  there  were  five  traveling  preachers:  Geo. 
Miller  elder,  John  Walter  and  John  Dreisbach  in  full 
connection,  and  Jacob  Frey  continued  on  trial.  John 
Erb  was  newly  received  on  trial.  The  general  salary 
fund  was  equally  divided  among  the  traveling  preachers. 
The  subsidiary  collection,  which  amounted  to  $44,  was 
distributed  among  J.  Albright,  G.  Miller,  and  A.  Jim- 
eson.  The  revered  Jacob  Albright  died  during  this 
year,  bstween  Easter  and  Whitsuntide,  [May  18  th, 
1808.]  

1809. 

The  Second  Annual  Conference. 

In  April  of  1809  the  second  regular  Annual  Confer- 
ence was  held  in  Albany  Twp.,  Berks  Co.,  Pa.  The 
session  was  opened  with  prayer  for  the  divine  lilessing 
to  rest  upon  the  transactions.  The  meml)ership  of  the 
Association  was  leported  to  be  426,     One  preacher  was 


18  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1809. 

expelled  on  account  of  immoral  conduct.  The  traveling 
preachers  on  record  were  Geoi'f^e  Miller  elder,  John 
Walter  and  John  Dreisbacli  in  full  connection,  and 
John  Erl)  on  trial.  Matthew  Betz  and  Henry  Niehel 
were  newly  received  on  trial.  John  Walter  and  John 
Dreisbacli  were  elected  to  the  ofhce  of  Elder  and  after- 
wards ordained  as  such.  After  the  circuits  had  been 
ai-ranged  the  preachers  were  appointed  to  their  various 
fields. 

Geo.  Miller  was  directed  to  travel  and  to  preach  as 
much  as  his  health  would  allow.  He  M'as  also  instructed 
to  write  upon  such  subjects  as  might  prove  edifying  to 
the  Association.  Owing  to  the  failing  health  and  early 
decease  of  Albright,  the  preparation  of  Articles  of  Faith 
and  of  a  Discipline  was  accomplished  by  Geo.  Miller. 
The  Conference  instructed  the  latter  to  publish  the 
woi-k  at  liis  own  expense.  It  was  resolved  that  the  of- 
ficial documents  of  the  Association  shall  hereafter  be 
published  under  the  title  of  "Tiie  so-called  Albrights." 
John  Dreisl)ach  was  instructed  to  publish  for  the  use  of 
the  Association  a  small  cate(;hism  which  he  had  trans- 
lated from  the  English.  The  Conference  gave  John 
Walter  $42.72  out  of  the  subsidiary  collection,  for 
the  purchase  of  a  horse.    The  session  closed  with  prayer. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Northumberland,  Centre,  and  Mifflin  counties  were 
organized  into  a  field  to  be  known  as  Northumberland 
Circuit.  The  counties  of  Berks,  Dauphin,  Lancaster, 
Bucks,  and  Northampton  were  formed  into  a  field  called 
Schuylkill  Circuit. 


1810.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  19 


APPOINTMENTS, 


Northumberland  Cir.—Johli Walter  and 

John  Erl). 
Schuylkill  Cir.— John  Dreisbach,  Mat- 


thew Betz  and  Henry  Niebel,  (who 
entered  active  work  in  the  Fall  of  the 

year.) 


1810. 

The   Third  Annual  Conference. 

President^  George  Miller. 

Secreta7'y,  John  Dreisbach. 

The  Conference  of  1810  convened  near  Mnehlbach 
(now  Millbach),  Dauphin  (now  Lebanon)  Co.,  Pa.  The 
sessions  continued  from  the  18th  to  the  20th  of  April. 
After  the  nsunl  devotional  exercises,  Geo.  Miller  was 
elected  chairman  and  J.  Dreisbach  secretary.  The  con- 
duct of  the  preachers  and  the  condition  of  the  circuits 
were  investigated.  Geo.  Miller  located  on  account  of 
his  enfeebled  health.  The  following  were  the  preachers 
according  to  their  station  and  order:  elders,  G.  Miller, 
J.  Walter,  and  J.  Dreisbach  ;  received  into  full  connec- 
tion and  ordained  (to  the  office  of  deacon),  J.  Erb  and  M. 
Betz ;  on  trial,  H.  Niebel ;  newly  received  on  trial, 
Michael  Becker  and  David  Yerlitz.  There  were  ten 
local  preachers  in  the  Association. 

Five  new  classes  were  organized,  T8  persons  con- 
verted, and  114  newdy  received  into  the  church  during 
the  past  year.  The  whole  number  of  members  reported 
at  this  session  was  528,  nearly  all  of  whom  professed 
conversion.  John  "Walter  was  instructed  to  publish  a 
small  hymn  book  which  he  had  compiled  for  the  use  of 
the  Evanirelical  Association.     It  was  also  resolved  that 


20  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1810. 

the  Biography  of  Jacob  Albright,  composed  by  Georo-e 
Miller,  be  publislied  at  the  expense  of  the  travelino- 
preachers.  The  Conference  determined  that  an  at- 
tempt should  be  made  to  hold  two  campmeetings,  one 
on  Northumberland  Circuit  to  begin  on  May  30th,  and 
the  other  in  the  month  of  October  on  Schuylkill  Circuit. 
The  saLuy  received  by  a  traveling  preacher  was  $30. 
The  subsidiary  collection  amounted  to  $30.80,  which 
was  distributed  among  Geo.  Miller,  John  Walter,  John 
Dreisbach,  John  Erb,  Matthew  Betz,  and  Avidow  Maria 
Griffesin.  It  was  made  obligatory  upon  the  travelino- 
preachers  to  render  at  the  next  session  of  the  Confer- 
ence an  accurate  account  of  all  their  receipts  and  ex- 
penditures. The  Conference  resolved  to  hold  its  next 
annual  session  on  Schuylkill  Circuit,  eight  days  before 
Easter. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— John  Walter,    Henry 
Niebel,  and  Michael  Beckei'. 


Northumberland  Cir.— John  Driesbach 
and  David  Yerlitz. 


To  organize  a  new  circuit — John  Erb  and  Matthew 
Betz,  with  the  understanding  that  J.  Walter  and  J. 
Dreisbach  shall  relieve  them  by  exchanging  circuits 
during  a  part  of  the  year.  George  Miller  was  appointed 
to  travel  throughout  the  conference  district,  as '  his 
strength  would  allow,  to  visit  the  friends,  and  to  write 
a  book  which  might  prove  useful  to  tiie  membership. 

Conference  closed  with  prayer  and  an  expression  of 
unanimous  approval  of  the  foregoing  minutes.  As  a 
token  of  our  willino-ness  to  fulfill  our  callino-  serve  our 
appointments,  and  comply  with  our  duties,  as  set  forth 
in  our  Church  Discipline  and  in  the  Holy  Scriptures, 


1811.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  21 

we  subscribed  our  names.  Signed  : — George  Miller,  J. 
Dreisbach,  M.  Betz,  D.  Yerlitz,  J.  Walter,  J.  Erb,  H. 
Niebel,  and  M.  Becker. 


1811. 

The  Fo\irtli  Annual  Conference. 

President,  Geo.  Miller. 

Secretary,  John  Dreisbach. 

Tliis  session  of  the  Conference  was  held  near  Mnelil- 
bach,  Heidelberg  Township,  Dauphin  Co..  Pa.,  April 
9-11,  1811.  Tbe  Conference  Avas  opened  with  prayer. 
Geo.  Miller  was  elected  chairman,  and  J.  Dreisbach 
secretary.  The  conduct  of  the  preachers  and  the  con- 
dition of  the  circuits  were  investigated.  The  following 
were  the  preachers  in  active  service :  elders, — G.  Miller, 
J.  "Walter,  and  J.  Dreisbach ;  in  full  connection, — J.  Erb, 
M.  Betz,  and  H.  Niebel;  on  trial, — M.  Becker  and  D. 
Yerlitz;  newly  received  on  trial, — Leonhart  Zimmer- 
man. The  number  of  local  preachers  was  twelve.  The 
work  of  the  Association  was  extended  during  the  past 
year.  Fourteen  new  classes  were  organized  and  a  new 
field  of  labor  formed,  called  Franklin  Circuit.  The 
brethren  reported  72  conversions  and  112  accessions, 
thus  increasing  the  entire  membership  to  740. 

The  higbest  salary  received  was  $45.56;  the  average, 
$29.33;  the  total,  $283.  The  subsidiary  collection 
amounted  to  $51.97,  which  was  divided  among  J.  Walter^ 
J.  Erb,  II.  Niebel,  M.  Becker,  and  a  poor  man  named 
Samuel  Kupper.  The  traveling  preachers  were  in- 
structed to  organize  catechetical  classes  on  their  circuits. 


22  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1812. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Franklin  Cir.— J.  Dreisbach, H.  Niebeh 
and  M.  Becker. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Walter,  M.  Betz,  and 

D.  Yerlitz. 
Northumberland  Cir.— J.  Erb  and   L. 

Zimmerman. 

Geo.  Miller  was  instructed  to  travel  and  preacli 
throughout  the  conference  district,  as  his  strength 
would  permit,  and  to  contribute  with  his  pen  whatever 
might  conduce  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  church.  The  Con- 
ference adjourned  to  meet  on  Northumberland  Circuit 
on  the  first  Thursday  after  Easter,  1812.  The  minutes 
were  signed  hv  nine  brethren. 


1812. 

The  F'iftli  Annual  Conference. 

President^  George  Miller. 

Secretary^  John  Dreisbach. 

The  session  of  1812  was  held  on  the  2d  and  3d  of 
April,  in  Buffalo  Valley,  Union  Co.,  Pa.,  within  the 
bounds  of  Northumberland  Circuit.  The  Conference 
was  opened  with  prayer,  after  which  G.  Miller  was 
elected  chairman,  and  J.  Dreisbach  secretary.  The 
conduct  of  the  traveling  preachers  was  investigated. 
John  Erb  was  ordained  Elder,  and  Henry  Niebel, 
Deacon.  Eobt.  McCray,  Michael  Deil^ler,  Abraham 
Huth,  Jolm  Buechwalter,  and  Frederick  Shauer  were 
newly  received  as  preachers  on  trial.  G.  Miller,  J. 
"Walter,  and  J.  Dreisbach  were  elected  a  committee  to 
station  tlie  preachers. 


1812.]              THE  EARLY  DAYS.  23 

*The  statistics  reported  at  this  session  are  the  following : 

Newly                  Newly  Whole  No. 

Converted.            Received.  of  Members. 

Schnylkill  Cir 49                  64  295 

Northumberland  Cir..  .      93                109  353 

Franklin  Cir 18                  29  113 


202  160  761 

*The  general  collections  for  salary  amounted  to 
$344.96;  the  subsidiary  collection,  to  $113.68.  The 
general  salary  fund  and  a  part  of  the  subsidiary  collect- 
ion were  distributed  among  the  traveling  preachers. 
tThe  balance  of  the  latter  was  divided  among  such  as 
were  in  need.  The  preachers  in  charge  were  instructed 
to  render  to  the  next  annual  session  a  correct  account 
of  and  proper  information  concerning  the  subsidiary 
collections  gathered  on  their  circuits,  and  also  to  secure 
subscribers  to  the  fund.  The  Conference  ordered  that 
three  campmeetings  be  held  during  the  ensuing  year: 
one  on  Northumberland  Cir.,  May  22d ;  another  on 
Schuylkill  Cir.,  Aug.  21st;  and  the  third  on  Franklin 
Cir,,  Sept.  24th.  George  Miller  having  written  a 
tratise  entitled  "  TJnterwe'isung  zum  Wuhren  und 
Thatigen  ChristentJnim,^^  the  manuscript  was  submitted 
to  several  elders  and  deacons  for  inspection.  In  the 
event  of  their  approval  it  was  to  be  published. 

It  was  resolved  that  efforts  be  made  to  purchase  lots 
and  erect  dwelling  houses  on  Schuylkill  and  Northum- 


*Here  we  find,  for  tlie  first  time  in  the  records  of  the  Conference,  the  statistics 
of  the  different  circuits. 

Hereafter  these  items  will  not  appear  on  the  record  of  each  session  but  the 
summary  statistics  of  each  year  may  be  found  in  their  appropriate  places  in  the 
Tables  of  Statistics. 

tAt  least  three  needy  persons,  not  preachers,  received  support. 


24  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1813. 


berland  Circuits  for  the  families  of  poor  itinerant 
preachers.  The  execution  of  the  project  was  submitted 
to  the  elders  and  trustees  of  these  circuits,  with  instruc- 
tions that  the  funds  bequeathed  to  the  Association  for 
the  purpose  shall  be  applied  in  equal  portions. 


APPOINTMENTS. 

York  Cir.— M.  Betz  and  M.  Becker. 
Schuylkill  dr.— H.NlebelandA.  Huth. 
Northumberland  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman, 
J.  Buechwalter,  and  P.  Shauer. 


Franklin  Cir.— J.  Walter  and  D.  Yer- 

litz. 
To  organize  a  new  Circuit— J.  Dreis- 

bach  and  R.  McCray. 
Lancaster  Clr.— J.  ErbandM.  Deibler. 

Geo.  Miller  was  appointed  by  the  Conference  to  de- 
vise a  plan  of  episcopal  church  government,  and  to 
travel  throughout  the  conference  district  to  the  extent 
of  his  ability.  Each  preacher  received  his  license  and 
each  gave  the  other  information  concerning  the  most 
important  affairs  on  the  different  circuits.  The  session 
closed  with  the  usual  resolution  pledging  the  members 
to  diligence  and  fidelity. 


1813. 

The  Sixth  Annual  Conference. 

President,  George  Miller. 

Secretary,  John  Dreisl^ach. 

On  the  21st  of  April,  1813,  the  members  of  Confer- 
ence assembled  in  Buffalo  Yalley,  Pa.,  Northumberland 
Circuit,  and  continued  in  session  three  days.  The  pro- 
ceedings were  opened  with  prayer  and  supplication  for 
the  divine  blessing.  G.  Miller  was  elected  chairman, 
and  J.  Dreisbach,  secretary.  Two  preachers  were  ex- 
pelled from  the  Association   on  account   of  immoral 


1814.]  THE  EARLY  DATS,  25 

conduct.  G.  Miller  and  J.  Erb  located  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities.  M.  Betz  and  H.  Niebel  were  or- 
dained to  the  office  of  Elder ;  D.  Yerlitz  and  L.  Zim- 
merman to  the  office  of  Deacon.  Abraham  Buchman, 
John  Kleinfelter,  Jolm  Stambach,  Adam  Henig,  Jacob 
Kleinfeltor,  and  John  Walter,  Jr.,  were  newly  received 
on  trial.  A  committee,  consisting;  of  G.  Miller,  J. 
Walter,  and  J.  Dreisbach,  was  appointed  to  assign  the 
different  circuits  to  the  preachers.  The  highest  amount 
of  salary  received  by  a  traveling  preacher  was  864.81. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


York  Cir.  —  L.  Zimmerman  and  F. 
Shauer. 

To  organize  a  new  Circuit— J.  Dreis- 
bach and  A.  Henig. 

To  organize  auotlier  new  Circuit — D. 
Yerlitz  and  Jolin  Kleinfelter. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Walter,  Jacob  Klein- 
felter, and  J.  Walter,  Jr. 

Northumberland  Cir.— M.  Betz,  R. 
McCray,  A.  Buchman,  and  J.  Stam- 
bach. 

Franklin  Cir.— U.  Niebel  and  M.  Deib- 
ler. 

Geo.  Miller  and  J.  Erb  promised  Conference  to  attend 
the  extra  meetings  and  to  travel  aa  much  as  God  would 
grant  them  strength.  The  former  promised  also  to 
complete  the  supplement  to  our  Church  Discipline  pro- 
vided God  give  him  grace  to  do  so.  The  jjreachers  re- 
ceived their  licenses  and  gave  their  successors  a  list  of 
appointments,  the  class  books,  and  correct  information 
concerning  the  state  of  affairs  on  their  respective  fields. 
With  a  resolution  of  consecration  to  the  service  of  God 
and  of  reliance  upon  him  the  Conference  adjourned. 


1814. 

The  Seventh  Annual  Conference. 
President^  John  Dreisbach. 
Secretar^y^  Henry  Niebel. 
3 


26  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1814. 


The  session  of  1814  was  held  on  the  13th,  14th,  and 
15th  of  April,  in  Buffalo  Valley,  Pa.,  within  the  bounds 
of  Northninberhmd  Circuit.  Tlie  Conference  was  opened 
with  the  usual  religious  exercises,  J.  Dreisbach  was 
elected  chairman  and  II.  Niebel,  secretary.  A  preacher 
on  trial  was  deposed  from  the  ministry.  J.  Walter  lo- 
cated for  this  year  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities. 
Matthew  Betz  died  during  the  past  year.  F.  Shauer, 
A.  Bnclnnan,  A.  Henig,  and  J.  Stambach  were  ordained 
to  the  office  of  Deacon.  Thomas  Bruer,  Michael  "Wal- 
ter, and  Henry  Stanffer  were  newly  received  as  preachers 
on  trial.  The  Conference  elected  John  Dreisbach  to 
the  office  of  Presiding  Elder  for  a  period  of  four  years. 
A  committee,  consisting  of  G.  Miller,  J.  Dreisbach,  and 
H.  Niebel,  was  elected  to  assign  to  the  preachers  their 
fields  of  labor. 

It  Avas  resolved  that  during  the  ensuing  year  camp- 
meetings  be  held  on  Union,  Bedford,  York,  and  Schuyl- 
kill Circuits.  G.  Miller,  J.  Walter,  and  J.  Erb  promised 
Cor>ference  to  travel  according  to  their  strength  and  to 
be  co-laborers  on  the  circuits.  Tlie  preachers  received 
their  licenses  and  gave  their  successors  all  necessary 
information  concerning  their  respective  fields  of  labor, 
after  which  the  session  closed  in  the  usual  manner. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Conference  District— t:  DreisbacJi,  P.  K 


Union  Cir.— H.  Niebel  and  John  Klein- 

felter. 
Bedford  Cir.— D.  Yerlitz  and  Michael 

Walter. 
Tork  Cir.— J.  Stambach  and  T.  Bruer. 
Franklin  Cir.— F.  Shauer. 


Somerset  Cir. — A.  Buchmanand  Jacob 

Kleinfelter. 
Lancaster  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman  and  H. 

Stauffer. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  Henig. 


1815.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  27 

1815. 

The  Eighth  Annual  Conference. 

President.,  Henry  Niebel. 

Secretary,  John  Klein felter. 

The  members  of  Conference  assembled  near  Stras- 
burgb,  Pa,,  on  York  Circuit,  April  4th,  1815,  and 
continued  in  session  three  days.  The  session  was 
opened  with  the  usual  devotional  exercises.  H.  Niebel 
was  elected  chairman,  and  John  Kleinfelter,  secretary. 
D.  Yerlitz  located  on  account  of  family  concerns.  H. 
Niebel  Avas  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder. 
The  newly  elected  deacons,  John  Kleinfelter,  Jacob 
Kleinfelter,  and  T.  Bruer  were  ordained.  DaAdd 
Thomas,  John  Dehoff,  and  Jacol)  Bruer  were  newly  re- 
ceived as  preachers  on  trial.  H.  Niebel,  J.  Erb,  and 
L.  Zimmerman  were  appointed  to  assign  the  circuits  to 
the  preachers.  The  highest  salary  received  by  a  traveling 
preacher  was  $89.67.  It  was  resolved  that  campmeet- 
ings  be  held  during  the  coming  year  on  Union,  Centre, 
York,  and  Lancaster  circuits. 

J.  Erb  and  D.  Yerlitz  promised  Conference  to  travel 
as  their  strength  would  allow  and  to  assist  upon  the 
circuits.  Each  preacher  received  his  license,  and  gave 
to  his  successor  the  classbooks  and  all  necessary  infor- 
mation. The  Conference  closed  with  the  usual  resolu- 
tion, and  the  minutes  were  subscribed  by  the  preachers 
present. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District.—,/.  DreisDach,  P.  E. 


Franklin  Clr.— T.  Bruer  and  J.  Dehoff. 

York  Cir.— A.    Bu  c  h  m  a  n    a  n  d  D. 

Thomas. 


Lancaster  Cir.— John  Kleinfelter  and 

J.  Bruer. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman. 


Salem  District.— H.  Siebel,  P.  E. 
Union   Cir.— L  Stambach  and    Jacob    j    CenlreCir.— F.  Shaucrand  U.  Stauffer. 
Kleinfelter.  SomersetCir.— A.  Ilenig  and  M.Walter. 


28  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1816. 


1816. 

The  Ninth  Annual   Conference. 

President^  John  Dreisbacli. 

Secretary.,  Henry  Niebel. 

Conference  convened  in  Dry  Valley,  Pa.,  Union  Cir- 
cuit, on  June  11th,  1816,  and  continued  its  sessions 
until  June  13th.  The  transactions  were  preceded  by 
the  customary  religious  exercises.  J.  Dreisbach  was 
elected  chairman,  and  H.  Niebel,  secretary.  The  con- 
duct of  the  preachers  was  investigated.  A  deacon  and 
a  local  preacher  were  deposed  from  the  ministry.  A. 
Buchman,  T.  Bruer,  and  H.  Stauifer  located  on  account 
of  bodily  infirmities.  The  superannuated  and  worn  out 
preachers  were  J.  Walter  and  J.  Erb.  During  the 
past  year  George  Miller  died.  L.  Zimmerman,  and  F. 
Shauer  were  ordained  to  the  ofiice  of  Elder,  and  M. 
Walter,  D.  Thomas,  J,  Dehoff,  and  Solomon  Miller,  to 
the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  were  received  on 
trial :  John  Frueh,  Philip  Schmidt,  Moses  Dehoff,  Adam 
Ettinger,  John  Shilling,  Benjamin  Ettinger,  Jt)hn 
Hickel,  Andrew  Wolf,  and  Fred.  Kaltreiter.  The  com- 
mittee elected  to  station  the  preacdiers  consisted  of  J. 
Dreisbach,  H.  Niebel,  and  L.  Zimmerman.  The  highest 
salary  received  was  $92.48. 

It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  itinerant  preachers 
shall  receive  annually  in  addition  to  their  salaiy  an 
allowance  of  $56  for  clothes,  provided  the  Conference 
find  itself  able  so  to  do.  At  this  time  there  were  41 
local  preachers  in  the  Association. 

The    Conference    appointed   J.    Dreisbach   and    H. 


1816.]  THE  EARLY  BAYS.  29 

Niehel  to  secure  a  printed  form  of  license  for  preachers, 
J.  Dreisbacli  promising  to  procure  a  suitable  conference 
seal.  These  two  bi-ethren  were  also  instructed  to  unif  j 
and  edit  our  Discipline  and  to  compile  a  good  and  suit- 
able collection  of  hymns.  It  was  unanimously  agreed 
that  local  preachers  who  have  stood  their  probation  for 
six  years  shall,  upon  the  recommendation  of  twelve 
itinerant  preachers,  be  ordained.  The  Conference 
elected  a  Chief  Book  Commission,  empowered  to  super- 
intend for  the  Evangelical  Association  the  printing 
establishment  and  book  bindery  with  all  their  appurte- 
nances, as  long  as  the  Conference  shall  see  proper. 
The  commission  was  instructed  to  hold  an  annual  meet- 
ing for  consultation  in  order  to  secure  proper  manage- 
ment, and  also  to  make  a  cori'ect  annual  statement  of 
all  the  publishing  interests.  This  first  Book  Commis- 
sion consisted  of  J.  Dreisbach,  H.  Niebel,  Solomon 
Miller,  A.  Ettinger,  Dan'l  Bertolet,  F.  Breidenstein, 
and  Chr.  Spengler. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  next  General  Conference  be 
held  on  Union  Circuit,  October  14th,  1816.  The  dele- 
gates appointed  to  constitute  that  body  were :  J.  Dreis- 
bach, H.  Niebel,  J.  Walter,  L.  Zimmerman,  J.  Erh,  J. 
Stnmbach,  John  Kleinfelter,  S.  Miller,  J.  Dehoff,  D, 
Thomas,  A.  Ettinger,  and  J.  Frueh. 

J.  Dreisbach,  Jac.  Kleinfelter,  and  H.  Niebel  were 
instructed  to  visit  A.  Henig  and  F.  Shauer  on  their 
fields  of  labor  during  the  year.  Each  preacher  received 
his  license  and  gave  his  successor  all  needed  informa- 
tion. The  Conference  adjourned  with  prajan*  and  the 
customary  resolution  of  sanction  to  the  proceedings  and 
of  diligreuce  in  the  work. 


30  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1816. 


APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— j:  Dreisbach,  P.  E. 


Franklin  Cir.— J.  Bruer  and  F.    Kalt 

reiter. 
York  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman  and  A.  Et^ 

tinger. 


Lancaster  Cir.— D.  T  li  o  m  a  s  and  A. 

Wolf. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Frueh  and  B.  Et- 

tiuger. 
Lake  Mission— Jac.  Kleinfelter. 
Salem  Distkict— if.  Xiebcl,  P.  E. 
Union  Cir.— John  Kleinfelter  and  M.    |    Bedford  Cir.— J.  Dehofl  and  J.  Shilling. 


Dehoff. 
Columbia  Cir.— P.  Schmidt. 
Centre  Cir.— J.  Stambach. 


Somerset  Cir.— M.Walter  and  J.  Rickel. 
Canton  Mission — A.  Henig. 
Scioto  Mission— F.  Shauer. 


1816. 

The  General  Conference. 

President,  John  Di-eisbach. 

Secretary,  Henry  Niebel. 

The  General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion convened  in  Buffalo  Valley,  Union  Co.,  Pa.,  on  the 
14th  day  of  October,  1816,  and  continued  in  session 
until  the  17th.  J.  Dreisbach  was  elected  chairman,  and 
H.  Niebel,  secretary.  Solomon  Miller  was  elected 
general  book  agent,  and  H,  Niebel,  assistant. 

It  was  resolved  to  meet  in  Social  Conference  with  the 
United  Brethren  in  Christ,  at  Conococheagne,  Mai-yland, 
on  Feb.  14th,  1816;  the  object  of  this  conference  being 
an  attempt  to  unite  the  two  denominations,  if  such  be 
the  will  of  God.  The  delegates  chosen  to  represent  tlie 
Evangelical  Association  were:  J.  JJ)reisbacli, H. Niebel, 
Solomon  Miller,  John  Kleinfelter,  D.  Thomas,  and  A. 
Ettinger. 

The  Discipline — re-arranged  and  improved  l)y  the 
brethren  J.  Dreisbach  and  H.  Niebel — was  examined 
and  approved.     Its  publication  was  deferred  until  after 


1817.]  THE  EAKLY  DAYS.  31 


the  meetinii;  of  the  Social  Conference,  with  instructions 
that,  if  no  union  be  effected  by  that  body,  fifteen  hun- 
dred copies  of  the  revised  Discipline  be  published  as 
soon  as  possible.  The  new  hymn  book"Z>as  Geistliche 
Saiten  SpieP^  was  examined  and  approved.  Fifteen  hun- 
dred copies  were  ordered  to  be  published  at  once.  The 
General  Conference  adjourned  with  the  customary  reso- 
lution of  sanction  to  the  proceedings,  of  reliance  upon 
God  and  diligence  in  his  service.  Attached  to  the  pro- 
ceedings are  the  following  names:  J.  Dreisbach,  H. 
Niebel,  J.  Erb,  J.  Stambach,  J.  Kleinfelter,  S.  Miller, 
D.  Thomas,  J.  Dehoff,  J.  Frneli,  and  A.  Ettinger. 


1817. 

The   Tenth  Annual  Conference. 

President.,  Henry  Niebel. 

Secretary.,  John  Kleinfelter. 

The  Conference  met  in  our  meeting-house  at  Kew 
Berlin,  Pa.,  on  Monday,  June  2d,  1817,  and  continued 
in  session  five  days.  After  the  opening  exercises,  H. 
Niebel  was  elected  chairman  and  John  Kleinfelter,  sec- 
retary. During  the  investigation  of  the  conduct  of  the 
preachers,  two  were  deposed  and  expelled  from  the 
Association  on  account  of  unchristian  conduct,  and  three 
were  deposed  from  the  ministry  for  neglect  of  duty,  the 
Conference  declaring  it  to  be  improper  to  grant  a 
preacher's  license  to  men  who  preach  but  a  few  times 
during  a  year  or  perhaps  not  at  all,  and  who  neglect 
those  duties  which  are  for  their  own  edification  and  for 
that  of  the  church.  D,  Thomas  and  A.  Henig  located 
on  account  of  bodily  infirmities,   and  P.  Schmidt  on 


32  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS.  [1817. 

account  of  family  cares.  John  Kleinfelter,  Jacob 
Kleinfelter,  and  J.  Stanibach  were  ordained  to  the  office 
of  Elder;  J.  Braer  and  A.  Ettinger,  to  the  office  of 
Deacon.  Five  were  received  as  preacliers  on  trial, — 
James  Barber,  Henry  Wieand,  Adam  Kleinfelter,  Ben- 
jamin Boesher,  and  Samuel  Muck.  The  Conference 
elected  J.  Dreisbach,  H.  JSTieliel,  and  John  Kleinfelter 
a  committee  to  assign  to  the  preacliers  their  tields  of 
labor. 

The  Conference  ordered  that  in  the  event  the  regular 
salary  contributions  and  the  subsidiary  collections  do 
not  suffice  for  the  support  of  the  preachers,  special 
collections  siiall  be  taken  to  cover  the  deficiency.  The 
following  persons  were  elected  to  act  as  agents  for  the 
Book  Commission :  Joseph  Kleinfelter  on  York  Cir., 
J.  Erb  on  Franklin  Cir.,  Jacob  Kerber  on  Berkley  Cir., 
Peter  Kidy  on  Columbia  Cir.,  Chr.  Wolf  on  Lake  Cir., 
Nicholas  Neitli  on  Somerset  Cir.,  and  A.  Henig  on 
Canton  Cir.  J.  Dreisbach  was  instructed  to  visit  Lake 
Cir.,  and  LI.  Niebel,  Canton  and  Lancaster  (Ohio)  Cirs. 
during  the  year.  The  pre  ichers  received  their  licenses 
and  gave  each  other  the  class  books  and  desirable  infor- 
mation upon  all  grave  and  important  subjects,  after  which 
tbe  Conference  aijourned  in  the  usual  manner. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  Distkict— J^.  Dreisbacli,  P.  Ji. 


Franlvlin  Cir.— M.  Walter. 
Berkley  Cir.— ,7.  Bruer. 
York    Cir.— Jacob    Kleinfelter  and   B. 
Boestier. 


Lancaster   Cir.— A.    Ettinger    and    J. 

Barber. 
Schuylkill  dr.— J.  Frueh  and  S.  Muck 
Lake  Cir. — J.  Shilling. 


Salem  District— ff.  XM)el,  P.  E. 


Columbia  Cir. — L.  Zimmerman. 
Union  Cir.— B.  Ettinger  and  F.  Kalt- 

relter. 
Centre  Cir.— M.  Dehoff. 
Bedford  Cir.— J.  Rickel. 


Somerset  Cir.— ,L    Stambach   and    H. 

Wieand. 
Lancaster  (Ohio)  Cir.— John  Kleinfelter 

and  A.  Kleinfelter. 
Canton  Cir.— J.  Dehoff. 


1818.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  33 

i8ia 

The  Eleventh  Annual  Conference. 

President^  John  Dreisbach. 

Secretary^  Henry  Niel)el. 

The  Annual  Session  of  1818  was  held  in  our  church 
at  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  beginning  on  Monday,  June  1st, 
and  continuing  until  June  5th.  The  religious  exercises 
at  the  opening  were  followed  by  organization.  J. 
Dreisbach  was  elected  president  and  H.  Niebel,  secre- 
tary. The  following  brethren  located :  J.  Frueh  and 
A.  Ettinger  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities ;  H.  "Wieand 
and  J.  Bruer  on  account  of  family  concerns.  J.  Frueh, 
J.  Eickel,  M.  Dehoff,  B.  Ettinger,  F.  Kaltreiter,  J. 
Schilling,  and  J.  Barber  were  ordained  to  the  office  of 
Deacon.  The  following  received  license  as  preachers 
on  trial :  Henry  Hassler,  John  Breidenstein,  Samuel 
Witt,  and  John  Peters.  J.  Dreisbach  and  H.  jSTiebel 
were  re-elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  They  exchanged  districts.  The 
Conference  elected  J.  Dreisbach,  H.  Niebel,  and  John 
Kleinfelter  a  committee  to  assign  to  the  preachers  their 
circuits  for  the  coming  year. 

Inasmuch  as  there  was  not  enough  money  to  satisfy 
the  needs  of  the  preachers,  the  Conference  gave  to  each 
a  writing  in  the  form  of  a  petition  addressed  to  the 
members  of  the  Association  asking  them  to  bestow  such 
gifts  upon  needy  preachers  as  will  secure  for  them  that 
which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Conference,  is  necessary  to 
tlieir  support,  and  which  was  not  in  the  power  of  the 
Conference  to  give;  such  contributions  to  be  known  as 
collections. 

The  following  was  established  as  a  law  to  regulate  the 


34:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1818. 


reception  of  persons  coming  from  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church.  Only  such  members  of  that  church  shall 
be  received  into  our  Association  wlio  come  witli  the 
consent  of  their  preacher,  who  have  removed  from  the 
bounds  of  their  church  into  the  territory  of  ours,  or 
who  for  sufficient  reasons,  as  for  example,  on  account  of 
language,  have  withdrawn  from  their  church  in  a  reg- 
ular manner.  And  whoever  of  our  preachers  receives 
them  in  any  other  manner  shall  be  dealt  with  as  a  gross 
offender  and  transgressor.  It  was  unanimously  resolved 
that  none  of  our  ministers  be  aUowed  to  wear  gloves 
during  Summer,  nor  to  use  silver-plated  bridle  bits  or 
stirrups,  or  loaded  whips,  and  in  no  case  to  adorn  their 
person  with  large  watch  keys ;  this  resolution  to  be  posi- 
tively observed  by  all  of  our  ministers  whether  they  be 
connected  with  the  Annual  or  with  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ferences, 

The  advisability  of  publishing  one  or  more  books 
during  this  year  was  left  to  the  discretion  of  J.  Dreis- 
bach,  H.  Niebel,  and  S.  Miller.  J.  Dreisbach  and  H. 
Niebel  were  instructed  to  write  to  the  trustees  ordering 
that  the  subsidiary  collections  be  brought  to  the  next 
annual  session.  Each  preacher  received  his  license, 
after  which  the  Conference  adjourned  in  the  usual 
manner. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— ff.  Niebel,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.  —  M.    Dehoff   and  A. 

Kleinfelter. 
Lancaster  Cir.  —  J.  Schilling  and  B. 

Boesher. 


York  Cir.  —  John  Kleiufelter  and  J. 

Breidenstein. 
Franklin  Cir.— II.  Hassler. 
Berkley  Cir.— Jacob  Kleiufelter. 
Lake  Cir.— F.  Kaltreiter. 
Salem  Distkict— c/'.  Dreishach,  P.  E. 


Union  Cir.— J.  Stambach  and  J.  Dehoff. 
Centre  Cir.— L.   Zimmerman   and   J. 

Peters. 
Bedford  Cir.— J.  EickeL 


Somer.aet  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  S.  Witt. 
Canton  Cir.— M.  Walter. 
Lancaster  (Ohio)  Cir.— B.  Ettinger  and 
S.  Muck. 


1819.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  35 

1819. 

The  Ticelfth  Annual  Conference. 

President^  J.  Dreisbach. 

Secretary^  H.  Niebel. 

On  Monday,  June  7,  1819,  the  members  of  Confer- 
ence assembled  at  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  and  continued  in 
session  live  days.  After  the  opening  exercises  J.  Dreis- 
bach was  elected  president  and  H.  Niebel  secretary. 
During  the  investigation  of  the  conduct  of  the  preachers, 
two  itinerants  and  one  local  preacher  were  expelled  for 
unchristian  behavior.  H.  Niebel  and  J.  Eickel  located 
on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  J.  Walter  died  during 
the  past  year  (December  3,  1818,  nged  37  years,  3 
months  and  6  days.)  A.  Kleinfelter,  S.  Muck,  and 
Jacob  Frey  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
Jacob  Peters,  David  Wolf,  and  Jacob  Banmgartner 
were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial.  The  Conference 
elected  J.  Dreisbach,  H.  Niebel,  and  John  Kleinfelter 
a  committee  to  station  the  preachers. 

The  preachers  in  charge  received  written  orders  on 
the  trustees  of  the  subsidiary  fund  to  send  the  subsi- 
diary collections  to  the  next  Annmd  Conference  with 
the  preachers,  in  case  they  themselves  cannot  come. 
Each  preacher  received  his  license,  after  which  the 
Conference  adjourned. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District—./.  DreisbacTi,  P.  E.* 


Schuylkill  Cir.  —  J.  Schilling  and  J. 

Baumgartner. 
Lancaster  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman  and  S. 


York  Cir.— M.  Walter  and  M.  Dehoff. 
Franklin  Cir.— J.  P'riieh. 
Berkley  Cir.— B.  Ettinger. 


Muck.  I    Lake  Cir.— John  Kleinfelter. 


•Dreisbach  was  presiding  elder  of  both  districts  this  year. 


36  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1820, 


Salem  District. 


Union  Cir.— H.  Ilassler  and  J.  Breideu- 

stein. 
Centre  Cir.— J.   Stambacii  and  Jacob 

Peters. 
Bedford  Cir.— S.  Witt. 


Somerset  Cir.— A.  Kleinfelter  and  John 

Peters. 
Canton  Cir.  —  Jacob  Kleinfelter  and 

Jacob  Frey. 
Lancaster  Cir.  (Ohio)— J.  Barber  and 

D.  Wolf. 


1820. 

The   Second    General    Conference  and   the    Thirteenth 
Annual  Conference.— A  Joint  Session. 

President,  John  Dreisbach, 
'  Secretary,  Henry  Niebel. 

A  joint  session  of  the  regular  Annual  Conference 
and  the  Second  General  Conference  was  held  at  New 
Berlin,  Pa.,  beginning  on  Monday,  Jnne  5th,  1820,  and 
continuing  live  days,  J,  Dreisbach  was  elected  presi- 
dent and  K.  Niebel  secretary,  J,  Stambach  located  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities  and  John  Peters,  S.  Witt, 
and  Jacob  Frey  on  account  of  family  cares,  J.  Erb 
was  elected  Presiding  Elder,  and  J,  Dreisbach,  G-eneral 
Book  Agent,  The  following  bretliren  were  ordained 
to  the  office  of  Elder,— M,  Walter,  J.  Barber,  M.  De- 
hoff,  J.  Frueh,  B,  Ettinger,  and  J.  Shilling;  and  these 
to  the  office  of  Deacon, — H.  Hassler,  J,  Breidenstein, 
D,  Wolf,  and  G.  Lanz.  Daniel  Middlekauf  was  received 
as  preacher  on  trial.  J,  Stambach  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  General  Book  Commission,  During  the  past 
year  (^1819)  Solomon  Miller,  General  Book  Agent,  died, 
J.  Dreisbach,  J,  Erb,  and  L,  Zimmerman  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  station  the  preachers. 

The  collection  of  hymns,  written  and  translated  by  J. 
Dreisbach    and    Dan'l    Bertolet  and  arranged   by    the 


1821.] 


THE    EARLY    DAYS. 


37 


former,  were  ordered  to  be  published.  Such  other 
hymns,  sermons,  and  brief  productions  as  were  of  a 
profitable  cliaracter  were  also  recommended  for  pul)li- 
cation.  J.  Dreisbach,  H.  Niebel,  and  J.  Stambach 
were  appointed  a  standing  committee  for  the  year  to 
superintend  these  publications.  The  preachers  received 
their  annual  licenses  after  which  the  Conference  ad- 
journed. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— J'.  Erb,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— B.  Ettiager  and  Jacob 

Peters. 
Lancaster  Cir.— John  Kleinfelter  and 

D.  Wolf. 


York  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  J.  Dehoff. 
Franklin  Cir.— L.  Zimmerman. 
Berkley  Cir. — J.  Frueb. 
Lake  Cir. — S.  Muck. 


Salem  District— J^.  DreisbacJi,  P.  E. 


Union  Cir.— A.  Kleinfelter  and  G.  Lanz. 

Centre  Cir.— J.  Shilling  and  J.  Baum- 
gartner. 

Bedford  Cir.— J.  Rickel. 

Somerset  Cir.— M.  Walter  and  M.  De- 
hoff. 


Canton  Cir.— H.  Hassler  and  D.  Mid- 
dlekauf. 

Lancaster  Cir.  (Ohio) — Jacob  Klein- 
felter and  J.  Breidenstein. 


1821. 

The  Fourteenth  Annual  Conference. 

President.,  John  Erb. 

Secretary,  Jacob  Kleinfelter. 

In  the  town  of  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence of  1821  was  held.  The  session  was  opened  on 
June  4th,  with  prayer  and  supplication  to  God  for  His 
blessing,  and  continued  in  session  five  days.  The  Con- 
ference organized  by  electing  John  Erb  president  and 
Jacob   Kleinfelter  secretarv-     Two  itinerant  and  two 


38  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1821. 

local  j)reachers  were  deposed  from  the  ministry  and  the 
latter  expelled  from  the  Association.  J.  Dreisbach,  J. 
Eickel,  J.  Frueh,  S.  Muck,  J.  Shillino-,  L.  Zimmerman, 
and  G.  Lanz  located  on"  account  of  bodily  infirmities, 
John  Kleinfelter  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding 
Elder.  J.  Dehoff  and  A.  Kleinfelter  were  ordained  to 
the  office  of  Elder;  J.  Bauragartner,  John  Vandersal, 
and  Chr.  Wolf,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  John  Seybert, 
Fred.  Glasser,  Jacob  Bixler,  John  Stoll,  and  John 
Eisenberger  were  received  as  preachers  on  trial.  J. 
Erb,  John  Kleinfelter,  and  J.  Dreislmch  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  station  the  preachers.  By  unanimous 
consent  John  Dreisbach,  General  Book  Agent,  received 
$2'4.00  for  his  services  in  superintending  the  printing 
establishment  and  the  book  department  and  for  keeping 
the  books  of  the  establishment.  The  standing  book 
committee  was  authorized  to  lease  the  establishment  for 
three  years.  Should  this  not  prove  practicable,  they 
were  to  carry  on  the  publishing  interests  or  abandon 
the  work  altogether,  as  they  might  deem  most  profitable 
to  the  Association.  Each  preacher  received  his  license 
after  which  the  Conference  adjourned. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— ^T.  Erb,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Clr.— Jacob  Kleinfelter  and 

J.  Bixler. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Breidensteia  and  J. 

Eisenberger. 


York  Cir.— B.  Ettinger   and   J.  Van- 
dersal. 
Franklin  Cir.— J.  Baumgartner. 
Berkley  Cir.— J.  Dehoff. 
Lake  Cir.— M.  Walter. 


Salem  District— JoTin  Kleinfeltei;  P.  E. 


Somerset  and  Bedford  Cir.— J.  Barber 

and  D.  Middlekauf. 
Canton  Cir.  —  H.  Hassler  and  Jacob 

Peters. 


Lancaster  Cir.  (Ohio)— A.  Kleinfelter 

and  J.  Stoll. 
Centre  Cir.-D.  Wolf  and  M.  Dehoff. 
Union  Cir.— J.  Seybert  and  F.  Glasser. 


1822.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  39 

1822. 

The  Fifteenth  Annual  Conference. 

President,  John  Kleinfelter. 

Secretary,  John  Erb. 

The  Annual  Conference  session  of  1822  was  held  on 
Union  Circuit,  in  New  Berlin,  Pa.  The  session  con- 
tinued from  June  3d  to  6th.  John  Kleinfelter  was 
elected  president  and  J.  Erb  secretary.  B.  Ettinger 
and  M.  "Walter  located  on  account  of  bodil_y  infirmities, 
and  M.  Dehoff  on  account  of  family  affairs.  The  fol- 
lowing were  ordained :  D.  Wolf,  H.  Hassler,  and  J. 
Breidenstein  to  the  ofhce  of  Elder,  and  J.  Seybert  and 
D.  Middlekauf  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  Wm.  Scholty, 
John  W.  Miller,  Joseph  Long,  Abraham  Becker,  Philip 
Wagner,  and  Fred.  Borauf  were  newly  received  as 
prf.achers  on  trial.  The  committee  elected  to  station 
the  preachers  consisted  of  J.  Erb,  John  Kleinfelter,  and 
Jacob  Kleinfelter. 

Inasmuch  as  the  Chief  Book  Commission  has  had  but 
few  meetings  on  account  of  the  absence  of  its  lay  mem- 
bers, the  duties  incident  to  the  reckoning  thus  devolving 
upon  the  ministerial  memljers,  and  inasmuch  as  the 
preachers  attend  Annual  Conference  at  all  events,  it 
was  deemed  advisable  to  elect  preachers  only  as  mem- 
bers of  the  commission.  In  accordance  with  this,  the 
following  were  elected: — J.  Dreisbach,  General  Book 
Agent,  J.  Erb,  John  Kleinfelter,  Jacob  Kleinfelter,  J. 
Dehoff,  D.  Wolf,  and  J.  Seybert.  After  the  preachers 
had  received  their  licenses,  the  Conference  adjourned. 


40  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1823. 


APPOINTMENTS. 

Canaan  District— X  Erb,  P.  E 


Union  Cir.— Jacob  Barber  and  J.  Eisea- 

berger. 
Centre  Cir.  —  D.    Middlekauf   and  J. 

Stoll. 
York   Cir.  —  A.    Kleinfelter   and  W. 

Sholty. 

Salem  District— Jo;»i  Kleinfelter,  P.  E. 
Franklin  Cir.— Jacob  Kleinfelter  and 

A.  Becker. 
Berkley  Cir.— P.  Glasser. 
Somerset  Cir.— J.  Baumgartner  and  J. 

Long. 


Lancaster  Cir.  —  J.  Vandersal  and  J. 

W.  Miller. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Breidenstein  and  F. 

Borauf. 
Lake  Cii-.- J.  DeUoff. 


Canton  Cir.— J.  Seybert  and  P.  Wag- 
ner. 

Lancaster  Cir.  (Ohio)- D.  Wolf  and  J. 
Peters. 

H.  Hassler  to  seek  and  organize  a  new 
Circuit. 


1823. 

T/te  Sixteenth  Annual  Conference. 

President^  Jolm  Erb. 

Secretary^  John  Kleinfelter. 

The  members  of  Conference  assembled  on  York  Cir- 
cuit in  the  town  of  Strasburgh,  York  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Jnne 
2d,  1823,  and  devoted  three  days  to  the  transactions  of 
the  annual  session.  After  tlie  usual  devotional  exer- 
cises the  Conference  organized  by  electing  John  Erb 
president  and  John  Kleinfelter  secretary.  J.  Erb,  D. 
Wolf,  J.  Yandersal,  J.  Miller,  and  J.  Eisenberg  located 
on  account  of  bodily  infirmities  ;  H.  Hassler  and  W. 
Scholty,  on  account  of  family  concerns.  James  Barber 
and  Adam  Kleinfelter  were  newly  elected  to  the  office 
of  Presiding  Elder.  After  the  ordination  sermon,  J. 
Stoll,  F.  Glasser,  and  W.  Scholty  were  ordained  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.     The  following  were  newly  received 

*On  account  of  the  sickness  of  both  Vandersal  and  Miller,  J.  C.  Reisner  traveled 
on  Lancaster  Circuit  about  one-half  of  the  ensuing  year. 


1824.]  THE  EARLY  DATS.  41 

as  preachers  on  trial :  J.  Conrad  Reisner  (licensed  and 
in  active  service  the  year  previous),  Conrad  Kring, 
Jacob  Foy,  Thomas  Buck,  and  Benjamin  Bieksler.  The 
committee  to  station  the  preachers  consisted  of  John 
Kleinfelter,  J.  Erh,  J.  Barber,  A.  Kleinfelter,  and  Jac. 
Kleinfelter.  It  was  decided  that  in  case  the  Confer- 
ence provide  a  preacher  with  a  horse,  the  said  horse 
shall  be  the  property  of  the  Conference.  Furthermore 
if  money  is  advanced  to  a  pieacher  and  he  does  not 
preach  longer  than  two  years  he  shall  be  required  to 
refund  the  money.  The  Conference  adjourned  after 
each  preacher  had  received  his  license. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Salem  District—./.  Barber,  P.  E. 


Union   and    Centre    Cir  —  J.   Breideu- 
steiu,  A.  Beclier,  ami  J.  Foy. 


Somerset  Cir.— J.  Deiioff  and  T.  Buck. 
Lake  Cir.— F.  Glasser. 


Canaan  District— ^o/ui  KleinfeUer,  P.  E. 


Lancaster  Cir.— Jac.  Kleinfelter. 
York  Cir.— B.  Bieksler  and  C.  Kring. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Seybert. 


Franklin   Cir.— J.     Long    and    J.    C. 
Reisner. 


Ohio  District- .1.  KlPinfeUer,  P.  E. 
Lanca.sterCir.— J.  StollandP.  Wagner,    j    J.  Frey  was  instructed    to   seek  and 
Canton  Cir.— J.  Banmgartner.  org;iuize  a  new  Circuit. 


1824. 

The  Seventeenth  Annual  Conference. 

President,  John  Kleinfelter. 

Secretary.  Jacob  Kleinfelter. 

The  session  of  1824  was  held  from  the  7th  of  June  to 
the  10th,  in  the  town  of  Strasburgh,  (Shrewsbury,) 
York  Co.,  Pa.  After  the  opening  exercises  which  con- 
sisted of  the  usual  religious  services,  the  Conference 

4 


42  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1825. 


or2;anized  by  electing  John  Kleinfelter  president  and 
Jacob  Kleinfelter  secretary.  Ja(?ob  Peters  died  during 
the  past  year.  J.  Breidenstein  located  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities ;  J.  Frey  and  J.  Banmgartner,  on  ac- 
count of  family  cares.  John  Kleinfelter  located  but 
ao-reed  to  serve  as  presiding  elder  on  Lancaster  and 
Schuylkill  circuits.  J.  Seybert  was  ordained  to  the 
office  of  Elder,  and  J.  Long,  A.  Becker,  P.  Wagner,  and 
J.  C.  Reisner,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  Henry  Wissler 
and  Daniel  Manwiller  were  newly  received  on  trial. 
Fred.  Borauf  was  again  received.  A  committee  was 
elected  to  station  the  preachers.  After  each  preacher 
had  received  his  license  the  Conference  adjourned. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Salem  District— J.  Barber,  P.  E. 
Union  and  Centre  Cir.— P.  Vv'agner,  C.    I    Somerset  Cir.— J.  Stoll  and  F.  Borauf. 
Kring,  and  T.  Buck.  '    Lake  Cir.— F.  Glai5ser. 

Canaan  District— J^o7i;i  Kleinfelter,  P.  E. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  C.  Reisner  and  J.    [    Lancaster  Cir.— W.    Scholty    and   A. 
W.  Miller.  '       Becker. 

With.ont  a  Presiding  Elder. 
York  Cir.— J.  Seybert  and  J.  Bicksler.*    I       Kleinfelter,  B.  Bicksler  and  H.  Wiss- 
Franklln   and    Berkley    Cir.  —  Jacob    I       ler. 

Ohio  District— .4.  Kleinfelter,  P.  E. 
Canton  Cir.— J.  Foy.  I    Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Long  and  D.  Man- 

Mansfleld  Cir.— J.  Dehoff.  I      wilier. 


1825. 

The  E'igliteentli  Anmial  Conference. 

President,  Adam  Kleinfelter. 
Secretary,  John  Seybert. 


*J.  Bicksler  located  during  the  year,  on  account  of  ill  health,  whereupon  J.  Sey- 
bert appointed  J.  M.  Saylor  to  fill  the  vacancy  until  the  next  Annual  Conference 
session,  a  period  of  seven  months. — S.  C.  B. 


1825.]  THE  EARFA'  DAYS.  43 

The  members  of  Conference  assembled  in  annual  ses- 
sion, June  7tli,  1825,  at  New  Berlin,  Union  Co.,  Pa. 
After  an  exhortation  by  J.  Dreisbach,  the  session  was 
opened  with  the  usual  religious  exercises.  A.  Klein- 
felter  was  elected  president.  He  appointed  J.  Sejbert 
secretary.  During  the  examination  into  tlie  doctrines 
and  conduct  of  the  preachers  two  were  deposed  from  the 
ministry,  one  of  whom  was  expelled  from  the  Associa- 
tion, because  of  unchristian  condu(;t  and  gross  offences. 
J.  Stoll  and  J.  Bicksler  located  on  account  of  Ijodily  in- 
firmities ;  John  Kleinfelter,  Jacob  Kleinfelter,  B. 
Bicksler,  and  F.  Glasser,  on  account  of  family  concerns. 
J.  Seybert  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder. 
J.  Stoll  was  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  C.  Kring, 
J.  W.  Miller,  J.  Foy,  and  T.  Buck,  to  the  office  of 
Deacon.  The  following  were  newly  received  as  preachers 
on  trial:  John  Hamilton,  Jacob  Erly,  Joseph  M. 
Saylor,  George  Reich,  George  Schneider,  and  Benjamin 
Becker,  M.  D.,  A.  Kleinfelter,  J.  Barber,  and  J. 
Seybert  were  elected  a  committee  to  assign  to  the 
preachers  their  fields  of  labor.  It  was  resolved  that  an 
edition  of  one  thousand  copies  of  Die  Geistliche  Viole, 
with  an  appendix  of  eight  additional  hymns,  be  pub- 
lished during  this  year.  The  Conference  leased  the 
printing  establishment  to  George  Miller,  the  printer, 
for  one  year  at  a  rent  of  $60,  agreeing  to  furnish  him 
with  a  sufficient  quantity  of  pica  type.  Aln-aham  Buch- 
man  presented  840  to  the  Conference  to  be  applied  to 
the  purchase  of  a  horse  for  an  indigent  itinerant 
preacher.  To  this  amount  $10  from  the  subsidiary 
collections  were  added  and  the  entire  sum  given  to  an 
itinerant  for  the  prescribed  purpose,  with  the  proviso 


44  EVANGKLICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1826. 


that  the  horse  shall  be  his  as  long  as  his  conduct  is  in  keep- 
ing with  the  word  of  God  and  our  Discipline.  Otlierwise 
the  liorse  becomes  the  property  of  the  Conference. 

After  the  sermon  and  exhortation  on  Friday  fore- 
noon, the  Conference  adjoni-ned  with  the  usual  resolution 
of  approval  of  the  proceedings.  J.  Seybert  adds  that 
there  existed  peace  and  harmony  among  them  and  a 
noAv  bond  of  love  ;  also  the  determination  to  disseminate 
the  word  of  God  to  the  best  of  their  ability,  with 
prayer,  exhortation,  atid  preaching,  and  to  live  as  a  salt 
of  the  earth  and  a  light  of  the  \V(n-ld  in  self  denial, 
faithfulness,  and  constancy  until  death,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Canaan  District— J.  Seyijcri,  P.  E. 
•Schuylkill  Cir.— C.  Kring  and  J.  Erly.    ]    tYork  Cir.— J.  C.  Reisuer  and  J.  M. 
tLancaster   Cir.  —  T.    Buck    and    B.    I       Saylor. 
Becker.  Franklin  and  Berkley  Cir.— P.  WagTier 

I       and  P.  Borauf. 
Saleii  District- j:  Barber,  P.  E. 

I    Somerset  Cir.— A.  Becker  and  J.  Ham- 


Union  Cir.— J.  W.  Miller  and  G.  Reicfi, 
Centre  Cir.— J.  Foy  and  D.  Maawiller, 


ilton. 
Lake  Cir.  —  C.  Wolf  and  F.  Glasser, 
local  preachers. 
Ohio  District— ^1.  Kleinfelter,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Long  and  G.  Schnei-    I    MansHeld  Cir.— J.  Dehoff. 
der.  I    Canton  Cir.— H.  Wissler. 


1826. 

The    Third  General    Conference%  and  the   Nineteenth 
Annual  Conference. — A  Joint  Session. 
President,  John  Seybert. 
Secretary,  J,  C.  Eeisner. 

*In  the  Fall  of  1S25  J.  Erly  was  taken  sick.  Under  the  direction  of  the  Presiding 
Elder,  F.  Hoffman  took  his  place  and  served  on  this  charge  until  the  Annual  Con- 
ference of  1S26. 

tDuring  the  year  B.  Becker  left  Lancaster  Circuit ;  J.  M.  Saylor  was  appointed 
to  take  his  place. 

tThis  is  not  designated  in  the  official  records  as  a  General  Conference,  Init  there 


182o.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  45 

The  Conference  met  on  the  5th  day  of  June,  1826, 
in  our  ineeting-house  at  New  Berlin,  Pa.  The  session 
was  opened  with  devotional  exercises.  John  Seybert 
WHS  elected  president  ;  he  appointed  J.  C.  Reisner  sec- 
retary. One  preacher  was  deposed  from  the  ministry 
because  of  immoral  conduct.  The  following  brethren 
located  :  J.  Foy  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities  and 
B.  Becker,  F.  Borauf,  and  J.  Dehoff,  on  account  of 
family  cares.  P.  Wagner,  J.  C.  Reisner,  J.  Long,  and 
A.  Becker  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder  ;  H. 
Wissler,  D.  Manwiller,  and  Michael  H;issler,  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.  These  solemn  ordination  services 
which  consisted  of  an  appropriate  sermon,  an  exhorta- 
tion, fervent  prayers,  and  tlie  laying  on  of  liands,  were 
crowned  with  blessings.  Francis  Hoffman  and  Samuel 
Tobias  were  newly  received  as  preadiers  on  trial.  A 
stationing  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  J. 
Seybert,  J.  Barber,  and  J.  Long.  Five  brethren  were 
added  to  the  Chief  Book  Commission,  after  which  it 
consisted  of  J.  Dreisbach,  General  Book  Agent,  J.  Sey- 
bert, J.  C.  Reisner,  J.  Miller,  T.  Buck,  J.  Hamilton, 
and  J.  M.  Savior. 

J.  Dreisbach,  the  General  Book  Agent,  gave  the 
Book  Commission  a  report  of  the  book  concern.  The 
Commission  audited  his  accounts  and  made  an  en- 
try in  the  books  of  the  Printing  House,  as  has  been 
done  annually  since  the  establishment  is  in  existence.  It 
was  resolved  that  our  books  be  sold  at  the  foHowing 
prices:  the  large  Hymn  Book  (Sa'denspiel)  at  Si. 00; 
the  Viole  at  50  cents  ;  the  New  Testament  at   SLOO  ; 

is  a  marginal  note  in  which  J.  Dreisbach  declares  it  to  have  been  a  General  Con- 
ference as  well  as  the  regular  Annual  Conference  session.— S.  C.  B. 


46  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1826. 


the  Clmrcli  Discipline  at  40  cents  ;  the  tract  Menschen 
Furcht  at  37^  cents,  and  Thcetiges  Christenthum  at  50 
cents.  The  preachers  received  an  average  discount  of 
ten  per  cent,  on  these  prices.  Several  spiritual  songs, 
recently  composed,  were  ordered  to  be  printed  in  pam- 
phlet form,  an  edition  of  live  hundred  copies  to  be 
published  for  the  use  of  this  Conference. 

At  the  Annual  Conference  session  at  Strasburgh,  in 
1824,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted,  Init  inas- 
much as  it  was  not  entered  upon  the  records,  it  was  re- 
enacted  and  recorded  at  this  session  as  follows : 
.Resolved,  That  an  annual  Conference  of  Local  Preachers 
shall  be  held  by  each  presiding  elder  in  his  district 
shortly  before  the  annual  session  of  the  conference  of 
traveling  preachers.  The  chief  object  of  this  conference 
is  to  be  the  investigation  of  the  conduct  and  doctrines  of 
the  local  preachers,  a  repoi-t  of  whicli  is  to  be  made  to 
the  regular  conference  of  itinerants. 

In  answer  to  a  petition  from  the  brethren  of  the  Ohio 
District,  it  was  resolved  that  an  annual  conference 
of  itinerant  preachers  be  organized  in  that  district 
under  the  name  of  '•  Thk  Western  Conference  of  the 
Evangelical  Association  ; "  that  this  conference  shall 
meet  in  annual  session  at  lea^t  three  weeks  earlier  than 
the  Eastern  Conference  in  Pennsylvania,  and  have 
full  right  to  transact  annual  conference  l)nsiness  in 
accordance  with  the  directions  of  our  Discipline.  It 
was  furthermore  enacted  that  the  Western  Conference 
shall  send  its  proceedings  to  the  presiding  elders  or  pres- 
ident of  the  Eastern  Conference  ;  that  an  equality  be 
observed  between  the  two  conferences  in  the  division  of 
the  general  salary  and  the  subsidiary  collections  until 


1826.]  THE  EARLY  DAYS.  47 


such  time  when  the  Western  Conference  shall  find  itself 
able  to  support  its  traveling  preachers,  and  that  the  pro- 
ceedings of  both  conferences  as  well  as  the  accounts 
with  the  preachers  be  recorded  in  the  old  confer- 
ence record.  The  Western  Conference  was,  however, 
instructed  to  keep  a  correct  conference  record  for  its 
own  use. 

The  Conference  adjourned  in  the  usual  manner.  Love 
peace,  and  unity  crowned  this  assembly  of  preachers. 
Blessed  be  Grod  now  and  forevei-.  Amen !  Amen ! 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District- X  Sfybert,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill   Cir.  —  T.    Buck    and    G. 

Schneider. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  W.  Miller. 


York  Cir.— A.  Becker  and  J.  Bruer. 
Franklin  and  Berkley  Cir  — D.  Man- 
wilier  and  J.  Hamilton. 


Salem  Distkict— y.  Barber,  P.  E. 

I    Somerset  Cir.— H.   Wissler,  G.  Reich, 
Centre  Cir.— P.  Wagner  and  S.  Tobias,    j       and  J.  Frey. 

I    Lake  Cir.— J.  Erly. 

Ohio  District— A.  Kleinfoiter,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.  —  C.  Kring  and  J.  M.    I   Mansfield  and  Canton  Cirs.— J.  Long 
Saylor.  I       and  F.  Hoffman, 


'■''Who  hath  desjAsed  the  day  of  small  things f^^ — 
Zech.  IV :  10. 


pile  Eastern  and  tlie  Westerq  (fonferences 


is^:z-is3©. 


''And  the  Lord  added  to  the  church  daily  .melt  as  should  be 
savecZ."— Acts  ii  :  47. 


EXPLANATORY. 


The  Ohio  District  being  so  far  removed  from  the  rest 
of  the  work  as  to  occasion  great  inconvenience  and 
expense  to  the  preachers  to  meet  in  one  annual  session, 
it  was  constituted  a  separate  conference  to  be  known 
as  the  "Western  Conference."  The  old  conference 
was  called  the  "  Eastern  Conference."  Their  relation 
was  peculiar,  the  Western  being  subordinate  to  and  in 
some  respects  identical  with  the  Eastern,  The  Eastern 
Conference  frequently  stationed  the  preachers  of  the 
Western,  and  the  latter  sent  its  proceedings  to  the  former 
for  approvaL  Although  the  annual  sessions  of  the 
Western  Conference  were  held  prior  to  those  of  the  East- 
ern, yet  it  has  been  considered  most  in  keeping  with 
the  scope  of  this  volume  to  let  the  proceedings  of  the 
Eastern  appear  Urst  each  year. 


5) 

The  bi'Uotern  and  the  Westei-n  li^onferences, 


1827. 

The  General^  and  the  Eastern.  Conferences. — A  Joint 

Session. 

President,  James  B;irl)er. 

Secretary,  J.  Conrad  Reisner. 

The  first  (2(}tli)  annual  session  of  the  Eastern  Con- 
ference of  the  Evangelical  Association  convened  in  Or- 
wigsburg,  Pa.,  June  4th,  182T.  At  the  same  time  and 
place  the  General  Conference  of  the  Association  was 
held.  The  session  was  opened  with  religious  exercises. 
J,  Barber  was  elected  president,  whereupon  he  ap- 
pointed J.  C.  Reisner  secretary.  During  the  investiga- 
tion of  the  doctrines  and  conduct  of  the  preachers  a 
deacon  was  deposed  from  the  ministry.  A.  Becker 
located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  John  Yander- 
siil  and  John  Schneider  died  during  the  past  year.  P. 
Wagner  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder.  T. 
Buck  and  J.  W.  Miller  were  ordained  Elders,  and  G. 
Reich,  J.  Hamilton,  and  D.  Focht,  Deacons.  George 
Mattinger,  George  Enders,  and  AVm.  St(jll  were  newly 
received  as  preachers    on   trial.     The  following   were 

♦Some  assert  that  this  session  was  not  a  General  Conference ;  the  official 
records,  however,  so  denominate  it.— S.  C.  B. 


52                                  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1827. 

elected  a  stationing  committee  :     J.  Barber,  J.  Seybert, 
and  P.  Wagner. 

The  following  statistics,*  given  in  full,  show  the 
membersliip  of  this  Conference  after  the  Western  Con- 
ference had  been  ncMuinally  detached : 

Newly                  Newly  Entire 

Converted.            Heceived.  Membersliip. 

Schuylldll  Cir 95                  97  385 

Lancaster  Cir 50                   64  311 

York  Cir 30                  60  342 

Franklin  Cir 62                  80  205 

Berkley  Cir 12                  36  ^         92 

Union  Cir 32                  42  192 

Centre  Cir 9                     8  213 

Somerset  Cir 3                    6  249 

Lake  Cir .  .  55 


293  393  2,044 

The  amount  contributed  to  the  general  salary  fund 
was  $704.59  ;  for  subsidiary  purposes,  $105.40;  making 
a  total  of  $809.99.  This  amount  added  to  that  con- 
tributed by  the  Western  Conference  aggregated  $922.55, 
which  was  distributed  among  twenty  preachers  in  both 
conferences.  It  was  found  tliat  the  entire  number  of 
itinerant  and  local  preachers  in  the  Association  was 
seventy. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  preacliers  of  tliis  Con- 
ference according  to  their  station  and  order : 

Presiding  Elders, — J.  Seybert  and  P.  Wagner; 

Elders, — J.  Barber,  J.  C.  Reisner,  B.  Ettinger,  J. 
Dreisbach,  J.Breidenstein,  A.  Becker,  John  Kleinfelter, 

*Hereafter  the  statistics  reported  at  each  session  will  be  found  in  the  regular 
Statistical  Tables  at  the  eud  of  this  volume. 


1827.]  EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES,  53 

EL.  Niebel,  L.  Zimmerman,  J.  Stambacli,  M.  Walter,  J. 
Stoll,  J.  Fruch,  T.  Buck,  and  John  Miller; 

Deacons, — D.  Thomas,  A.  Buchraan,  A.  Ettinojer,  J. 
Rickel,  C.  Wolf,  G.  Lanz,  J.  Banmoartner,  F.  Glasser, 
Jacob  Frey,  D.  Middlekauf,  H.  AVissler,  D.  Manwiller, 
G.  Reich,  J.  Hamilton,  and  D.  Focht; 

On  Trial,— G.  Schneider,  S.  Tobias,  G.  Mattinger,  G. 
Enders,  and  Wm.  Stoll. 

The  Quarterly  Conferences  were  instructed  to  co- 
operate with  the  presiding  elders  in  the  appointment  of 
proper  persons  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  collect  funds 
throughout  the  entire  Association  for  the  support  of  the 
worn-out  preachers  and  their  families  ;  with  this  under- 
standing, however,  that  the  Eastern  and  Western  Con- 
ferences shall  each  support  the  said  families  within 
their  respective  bounds,  in  accordance  with  the  provi- 
sions of  (Hir  Church  Discipline.  The  Conference  author- 
ized J.  Dreisbacli,  J.  Barber,  and  B,  Ettinger  to  sell 
the  pers(uial  property  of  the  Printing  Establishment 
and  apply  the  proceeds  to  the  management  of  the  book 
trade,  subject  to  the  directions  of  the  conferences.  The 
Conference  adjourned.  Love,  peace,  and  unity  crowned 
this  session,  blessed  be  God  now  and  for  evermore, 
Amen ! 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  C.  Reisner  and  H, 

Wissler. 


Lancaster  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor  and  W 
Sioll. 


Canaan  District— X  Sei/bcrt,  P.  E. 

York  Cir.— T.  Buck  and  J.  Bruer. 
Franklin  and  Berkley  Cirs.— J.  Hamil- 
ton and  F.  HoUinan. 


Union  Cir.— B.  Ettinger  and  G.  Mat- 
tinger. 

Centre  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  G.  Schnei- 
der. 


Salem  Distkict— P.  Wagner,  P.  E. 

Somerset   Cir.— D.  Manwiller,  S.  To- 
bias, and  J.  Allen. 
Lake  Cir.— G.  Ileich. 


54:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1827. 

The   Western  Conference. 

President^  Adam  Kleinfelter. 

Secretary^  Joseph  Long. 

The  first  annual  session  of  the  Western  Conference 
was  held  in  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio,  and  was  opened  with  de- 
votional exercises  on  May  7th,  1827.  A.  Kleinfelter 
was  elected  president;  he  appointed  J.  Long  secretary. 
The  investigation  of  the  conduct  of  the  preachers  was 
held  in  accordance  with  established  usage.  C.  Kring 
was  ordained  Elder,  and  J.  M.  Saylor,  Deacon. 

The  following  statistics,  given  in  full,  show  the  status 
of  this  Conference  at  its  first  annual  session : 

Newly  Newly  Entire 

Coiive.ted.  Received.  Membersliip. 

Woosrer  Cir 15  27  176 

Canton  Cir 4  7  158 

I^Tew  Lanca^er  Cir 24  26  160 

Sandusky  Cir 10  25  29 

53  85  523 

The  total  contributions  to  the  general  salary  fund 
were  $112.56.  The  following  were  the  preachers, 
according  to  their  station  and  order,  who  comprised  this 
Conference  at  its  origin : 

Elders, — Adam  Kleinfelter,  JohnErb,  John  Schilling, 
Jacob  Kleinfelter,  David  Wolf,  Joseph  Long,  Conrad 
Kring,  John  Dehoff,  Henry  Hassler,  and  Moses  Dehoff; 

Deacons, — John  Riekel,  Joseph  M.  Saylor,  Adam 
Henig,  and  Jacob  Frey ; 

Preachers  on  Trial, — Francis  Hoffman,  John  Peters, 
Matthew  Wunder,  John  Miller,  Henry  Dauny,  Fred. 


1827.]  EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  55 

Boranf,   John    Thoma?,   Jacob    Dissler,    Peter  Miller, 
Henry  Stauffer*  and  Sarnnel  Seger, 

APPOINTMENTS.* 

Canton  Cir.— J.  Long.  I    Lancaster  Cir.  —  J.  Jliller  and  G.  En- 

Wooster  Cir.— C.  Kriug.  ders.t 

Sandusky  Cir.— A.  Kleinfelter. 

It  was  resolved  that  J.  Long  shall  attend  the  gen- 
eral meetings  m  the  Fall,  and  A.  Kleinfelter  in  the 
Spring  of  the  year.  Each  preacher  received  his  license 
and  the  Conference  adjourned.  After  the  preachers 
present  had  signed  the  proceedings  in  token  of  approval 
and  obedience,  each  went  in  peace  to  his  work. 


1828. 

The  Eastern  Confereace. —  The,   Second  {^\st)  Annual 
Session. 

President,  John  Seyljert. 

Secretary,  J.  Conrad  Reisner, 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled 
in  annual  session  June  2d,  1828,  in  New  Beidin,  Union 
Co.,  Pa.  The  Conference  was  opened  with  the  cus- 
tomary devotional  exercises,  after  which  J.  Seybert 
was  elected  president.  He  appointed  J.  C.  Reisner 
secretary.  A  local  preacher  and  a  preacher  on  trial 
were  deposed  from  the  ministry  on  account  of  immoral 
conduct.  J.  C.  Reisner  and  J.  M.  Saylor  located  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities,  and  B.  Ettinger  on  ac- 
count of  family  concerns.     Thomas  Buck  was  elected 


*The  Western  Conference  was  witiiout  a  presiding  elder  during  the  year. 
tThese  two  bretliren  were  "  sent  out "  by  the  Eastern  Confereace. 


56  EYANGBLICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1828. 

Presiding  Elder.  J.  Bruer  and  D.  Man  wilier  were 
ordained  Elders,  F.  Hoffman  and  J.  G.  Conser,  Dea- 
cons. The  brethren  Wm.  W.  Orwig,  Jacob  Hoock, 
John  H.  Yambert,  and  Elias  Stoever  were  newly  re- 
ceived as  preachers  on  trial.  The  committee  chosen  to 
assign  to  the  preachers  their  fields  of  labor  consisted  of 
J.  Barber,  J.  Sejbert,  T.  Buck,  P.  Wagner,  and  A. 
Kleinfelter. 

The  total  amount  contributed  by  the  two  Conferences 
for  the  general  salary  fund  and  for  subsidiary  purposes 
was  distributed  among  twenty-four  preachers  in  both 
conferences.  The  total  number  of  itinerant  and  local 
preachers  in  the  Association  was  eighty. 

It  was  resolved  that  a  married  preacher  having  spent 
five  years  in  active  service  shall  receive  for  salary  an 
amount  double  that  of  an  unmarried  one,  the  salaries  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  general  and  subsidiary  collections. 
Of  the  special  support  given  to  the  families  of  itiner- 
ants an  account  is  to  be  kept  and  rendered  under  the 
name  of  subsidiary  contributions,  whether  it  be  received 
in  the  form  of  grain,  meat,  cloth,  flax,  or  anything  else. 
This  action  is  to  be  announced  to  the  friends  on  the 
circuits.  The  preachers  in  both  conferences  were  in- 
structed to  make  diligent  efforts  to  increase  the  annual 
subsidiary  collection.  The  Conference  consented  to 
the  reception  of  F.  Shauer  by  the  Western  Conference 
and  approved  the  reiuainder  of  the  proceedings  of  that 
body. 

One  of  the  preachers  on  trial  liaving  married  before 
his  probation  had  ended,  he  was  excused  by  the  Confer- 
ence upon  his  plea  that  he  had  been  betrothed  before 
he  entered  the  itinerancy,  and  because  of  the  fact  that 


1828.]  EASTERN    AND    WKSTEKN    CONFERENCES.  57 

in  all  other  respects  bis  conduct  during  his  probation 
was  unexceptionable.  It  was,  however,  resolved  that 
hereafter  no  preachers  are  to  bo  received  until  it  has 
"been  ascertained  that  thej  are  free  from  similar  obli- 
gations. 

H.  JSTiebel  and  P.  Wtigner  were  elected  members  of 
the  Chief  Book  Commission  in  tiie  places  of  J.  M.  Bay- 
lor and  J.  Hamilton,  who  were  not  present.  Tbe  Com- 
mission audited  tbe  accounts  of  J.  Dreisbach,  General 
Book  Agent,  and  found  them  correct.  J.  Dreisbach 
was  authorized  to  sell  the  Book  Establishment  upon 
terms  subject  to  his  discretion.  George  Miller,  the 
printer,  was  appointed  the  agent  of  the  Conference  to 
attend  to  the  book  trade.  The  Conference  adjourned 
in  the  usual  manner. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— ,7.  Scyhert,  P.  E. 


Schnylkill  Cir.— A.  Kleinfelter  and  J. 

W.  Miller. 
Lancaster  Cir. — C  Kriug. 


York  Cir.— J.  Hamilton  andJ.  H.  Yam- 

bert. 
Franklin  and  Berkley  Cir.— G.  Reich 

and  J.  Hoock. 


Sale.m  District— 2'.  Buck,  P.  E. 


"Onion    Cir— F.  Hoffman  and  G.  En- 

ders. 
Centre  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  \V.  W.  Or- 

wig. 


Somerset  Cir.— J.  Bruer  and  G.  Mat- 

tinger. 
Lake  Cir.— P.  Wagner. 


Ohio  District^  (Western  Conference)—^.  Long,  P.  E. 
Canton  Cir.— D.  Manwiller  and  S.  To-    I    Lancaster   Cir.— H.     Wissler   and    E. 
bias.  '       Stoever. 

j    Sandusky  Cir.— G.  Schneider. 


The    Western  Conference. 


President,  Joseph  Long. 
Secretary,  John  W.  Miller. 
5 


58  EVAXOELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1829. 

On  the  fifth  day  of  May,  the  Western  Conference 
session  of  1828  was  opened  M'ith  religious  exercises  at 
Uniontown,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio.  The  Conference  organ- 
ized by  electing  J.  Long  president,  who  appointed  J. 
W.  Miller  secretary.  During  tiie  investigation  into  the 
doctrines  and  conduct  of  the  preachers,  a  deacon  was 
deposed  from  the  ministry  and  expelled  from  the  Asso- 
ciation, because  of  immoral  conduct.  It  was  resolved 
that  J.  Long  serve  as  Presiding  Elder  as  much  as  his 
enfeeliled  health  will  allow.  He  had  traveled  only  six 
or  seven  months  during  each  of  the  two  preceding  years. 
F.  Shauer  was  again  received  and  ord;dned  to  the  office 
of  Deacon.  J.  W.  Miller  was  delegated  to  take  to  the 
Eastern  Conference  the  subsidiary  collection  and  the 
accounts  of  the  general  salary  contributions  and  travel- 
ing expenses  of  the  preachers,  in  order  that  ;dl  the 
contributions  might  be  included  in  one  general  account. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

It  was  decided  that  the  Eastern  Conference  shall  sta- 
tion the  preachers  in  this  Conference  for  the  ensuing 
year,  that  at  least  three  of  them  l)e  ordained  preachers 
and  that  A.  Kleinfelter  represent  this  Conference  in 
the  stationing  committee  of  the  Eastern  Conference. 


1829, 


The  Eastern    Conference. —  The   Third  (22(1)    Annual 

Session. 

President,  Thomas  Buck. 
Secretary,  Jv)hn  Seybert. 


1829.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN"    CONFERENCES.  59 


The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled 
in  our  Evangelical  raeeting-liouse  at  New  Berlin,  Union 
Co.,  Pa.,  on  June  1st,  1829.  At  the  opening  of  the 
session  our  Evangelical  Confei-ence  Rules  were  read, 
after  which  those  present  engaged  in  devotional  exer- 
cises. T.  Buck  was  elected  president.  He  appointed 
J.  Sejbert  secretary.  Two  preachers  were  deposed  from 
the  ministry  and  one  of  them  expelled  from  the  Asso- 
ciation. J.  W.  Miller  located  on  account  of  family 
aifairs.  J.  Stambach,  an  elder,  died  during  the  past 
year,  and  we  entertain  the  hope  that  for  him  faith 
has  changed  to  sight,  labor  has  been  rewai'ded  with  rest, 
and  that  having  sown  to  the  spirit  he  is  reaping  life 
everlasting. 

J.  Seybert  was  re-elected  Presiding  Elder  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  The  following  were  newly  re- 
ceived on  trial  :  Geo.  Brickley,  Joseph  Ebbert,  Solo- 
mon G.  Miller,  Jacol)  Schnerr,  and  Wm.  Ray.  T. 
Buck,  J.  Seybert,  and  A.  Kleinfelter  were  elected  a 
committee  to  station  the  preachers  in  both  conferences. 

The  total  contributions  of  both  conferences  were  dis- 
tributed among  twenty-two  preachers.  Salary  for  two 
months  was  deducted  from  the  support  of  one  itinerant 
because  he  was  in  good  health  and  engaged  in  secular 
business  during  that  time. 

On  account  of  age  and  failing  health,  Martin  Dreis- 
bach  resigned  his  office  as  trustee  of  the  sul)sidiary 
fund  and  bequests.  His  acconnts  were  audited  and 
found  correct.  J.  Barber,  H.  Wissler,  J.  M.  Snylor, 
and  A.  Kleinfelter  were  elected  to  fill  vacancies  in  the 
Book  Commission,  the  other  members  being  J.  Dreis- 
bach.  General  Book  Agent,  H.  Niebel,  and  T.  Buck. 


60  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1829. 

J.  Drcisbach,  General  Book  Agent,  made  a  report 
which  was  audited  and  found  correct.  J.  Seybert  was 
elected  chief  trustee  of  tlie  moneys  and  other  property 
which  have  been  and  will  be  bequeathed  for  the  use  of 
our  Evangelical  ministry,  with  instructions  to  hold  him- 
self in  readiness  to  give  an  account  of  his  trust  at 
any  time  it  may  be  required  of  him.  T.  Buck  was 
elected  trustee  of  the  book  money,  to  appropriate  it  ac- 
cording to  the  directions  of  the  Conference.  The  reso- 
lution of  the  Western  Conference  in  the  proceedings  of 
1829,  with  reference  to  re-baptizing  persons,  was  con- 
sidered and  endoi-sed.  It  was  resolved  that  our  Church 
Discipline  be  translated  into  English  and  published  as 
soon  as  possible. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  Distkict— T.  Buck,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— C.   Kriog  and  J.  Eb- 

bert. 
Lebanon   Cir.— H.  Niebel  and   W.  W. 

Orwig. 


Lancaster  Cir.— J.  M.   Saylor  and  G. 

Enders. 
York  Cir.— D.  Manwiller  and  S.  Tobias. 
Franklin  and  Berkley  Cir.— J.  Hamil- 
ton, J.  Bruer,  and  W.  Ray. 
Salem  District— J^.  Seybert,  P.  E. 
Union    Cir. —J.    Barber    and   J.    G.    |    Somerset    Cir.  —  H.    Wissler   and    G. 


Brickley. 
Lake  Cir.— G.  Reich. 


Zinser. 
Centre    Cir.— F.    Hoffman  and   S.  G. 
Miller. 

Western  Conference,  Ohio  District— J.  Long,  P.  E. 


Canton   Cir.— A.    Kleinfelter   and    E. 
Stoever. 


New  Lancaster  Cir. — J.   H.   Yambert 

and  G.  Schneider. 
Sandusky  Cir.— u.  Mattinger. 


The    Western  Conference. 


President,  Joseph  Long. 
Secretary,  Henry  Wissler. 


1829.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  61 


The  Western  Conference  met  in  annnal  session  on 
Canton  Circnit,  Tuscarawas  Twp.,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio, 
May  l:th,  1829.  The  brethren  elected  J.  Louir  presi- 
dent, who  appointed  H.  Wissler  secretary.  Charges 
having  been  preferred  against  a  preacher  for  baptizing 
a  person  who  had  ah-eady  been  baptized  in  infancy,  the 
subject  was  taken  under  consideration.  The  deliljera- 
tions  resulted  in  a  unanimous  resolution  expressly  for- 
bidding our  preachei-s  to  re-baptize  under  any  circum- 
stances. For  this  action  the  following  reasons  were 
assigned:  1st,  Our  Churcli  Discipline  gives  no  such 
directions;  2d,  We  can  find  no  authority  in  the  Sacred 
Scriptures  for  re-baptism ;  3d,  It  is  our  belief  that  its 
introduction  would  be  followed  by  evil  consequences. 

A  local  preacher  was  deposed  f  i-om  the  ministry  and. 
expelled  from  the  Association  for  immoral  conduct. 
During  the  past  year  Jacob  KL  infelter  '-the  second," 
a  local  preacher,  died.  He  has  gone  from  labor  to  rest 
and  from  seed  time  to  harvest.  Gr.  Sc]:incider,  S. 
Tobias,  and  Elias  Stoever  were  ordained  to  the  office  of 
Deacon.     John  G.  Zinser  was  newly  received  on  trial. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

J.  Long  was  appointed  to  serve  as  Presiding  Elder  on 
the  district  as  much  as  his  strength  would  allow.  Elias 
Stoever  was  appointed  to  Canton  Circuit,  and  Gr. 
Schneider  to  Lancaster  Circuit.  It  was  agreed  that  the 
Eastern  Conference  station  the  remainder  of  the  dis- 
trict. LI.  Wissler  was  delegated  to  take  a  correct  copy 
of  the  proceedings  to  the  Eastern  Conference.  The 
session  adjourned  in  the  usual  manner. 


62  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1830. 

1830. 

The  Eastern   Conference. —  The  Fourth  (236?)  Annual 
Session. 

President^  Thomas  Buck. 

Secretary^  John  Seybert. 

On  Monday,  June  1st,  1830,  the  Eastern  Conference 
met  in  our  meeting-house  at  Orwigsburg,  Pa.  After 
the  customary  opening  exercises,  which  included  the 
reading  of  a  portion  of  our  Church  Discipline,  the  Con- 
ference was  organized  by  the  election  of  Thomas  Buck 
as  president  who  appointed  J.  Seybert  secretary.  Four 
preachers  were  deposed  from  the  ministry :  an  itiner- 
ant deacon  for  neglect  of  duty  and  for  leaving  his  cir- 
cuit witliout  a  cause ;  a  local  preacher  for  distilling 
brandy ;  another  local  preacher  on  account  of  uncharit- 
able expressions  against  our  disciplinary  management; 
and  a  local  elder  for  unchristian  C(jnduct.  J.  Hamil- 
ton, H.  Wissler,  and  J.  M.  Savior  located  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities ;  F.  Hoffman  and  J.  Ebbert,  on  ac- 
count of  family  concerns.  Henry  Meyer,  a  local 
preacher,  died  during  the  past  year,  of  whom  we  enter- 
tain the  hope  that  he  has  passed  from  faith  to  sight. 
Charles  Hammer,  Daniel  Kehr,  John  S.  Himmelreich, 
and  Robert  G.  Hunter  were  newly  received  aspreat^hers 
on  ti-ial.  The  committee  elected  to  station  the  ]u-eachers 
consisted  of  T.  Buck,  J.  Seybert,  and  H.  Niebel. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  to  the  effect  that  such 
preachers  of  the  Eastern  and  Western  conferences  who, 
on  account  of  neglect  of  duty,  do  not  secure  as  much 
for  the  general  salary  and  subsidiary  funds  as  in  the 


1830.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  63 

jiidiimeiit  of  the  Conference  tliey  could  have  gathered, 
shall  liave  their  salaries  lessened  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Conference.  It  was  also  resolved  that  married  travel- 
ing preachers  of  the  Western  Conference  shall  be 
entitled  to  doable  saUiry  with  those  of  the  Eastern, 
upon  the  condition  that  that  conference  labor  diligently 
to  secure  funds  for  this  purpose.  It  was  agreed  to  call 
a  session  of  the  General  Conference,  to  be  held  in 
Hains  Twp.,  Centre  Co.,  Pa.,  and  to  begin  on  the  first 
Monday  in  i^ovcmber. 

The  tran.-actions  of  the  Western  Conference  were 
taken  under  consideration.  It  was  resolved  that  hence- 
forth no  such  ordination  as  that  of  M.  Kibler  shall  take 
place,  as  long  as  our  Church  Discipline  has  not  been 
changed.  The  Western  Conference  was  denied  the 
privilege  of  appointing  a  general  book  agent.  George 
Miller,  the  printer,  w:is  ordered  to  print  2,000  copies  of 
the  Viole,  in  I^ew  Berlin,  Pa.,  at  $20  per  hundred. 
The  retail  price  of  the  Church  Discipline  was  fixed  at 
31^  cents  per  cop3\ 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Sclinylkill  Cir.— E.  Stoever  and  J.  G 

Zinser. 
Lebanon  Cir.— W^.   W.   Orwig  and  C 

Hammer. 
Berkley  Cir.— W.  Ray. 


Canaan  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 

Lancaster   Cir.  —  U.    Niebel    and   J. 

Schnerr. 
York  Cir  — G.  BrlcKley  and  J.  Bruer. 
Franklin  Cir.  —  C.   Kring   and  R.  G. 

Hunter. 


Salem  District- X  Seyhert,  P.  E. 


Somerset  Cir.  —  S.   G.  Miller  and  W. 
Roehrig. 


Union  Cir.— G.  Schneider  and  S.  Tobia 
Centre  Cir.— J.  Barber. 
Lake  Cir.— F.  Glasser. 

Ohio  District,  Western  Conference— J.  Long,  P.  E. 
Canton  Cir. -J.  H.  Yambert  and  D.    I    Lancaster  Cir.-Q.  Mattinger  and  J.  S 

Kehr.  !       Uiuimclreicli. 

8andusky  Cir.— G.  Enders.  | 


64  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1830. 

The    Westei'fi  ConfereRce. 

President^  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary^  Adam  Kleinfelter. 

The  members  of  the  Western  Conference  assembled  in 
annual  session  on  Canton  Circuit,  Plain  Twp.,  Stark 
Co.,  Ohio,  on  May  3d,  1830.  The  Conference  was  opened 
with  devotional  exercises.  J.  Long  was  elected  presi- 
dent. He  appointed  A.  Kleinfelter  secretary.  A.  Klein- 
felter located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  M.  Kibler 
and  L.  Hencky  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
The  following  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on  rriMl : 
Wm.  Roehrig,  Absalom  B.  Schaefer,  and  Chri.^topher 
Aubel.  J.  Long  was  presiding  elder.  Only  one 
preacher,  Geo.  Mattingcr,  was  stationed,  the  remainder 
of  the  stationing  having  been  referred  to  the  Eastern 
Conference. 

1830. 

The  General  Conference. 

President^  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary..  John  Se3^bert. 

The  General  Conference  of  1830  convened  on  Nov. 
Ist  in  the  house  of  AdamHenig  in  Hains  Twp.,  Centre 
Co.,  Pa.  The  session  was  opened  with  religions  exer- 
cises. J.  Long  was  elected  president.  He  appointed 
J.  Seybert  secretary.  The  following  representatives  of 
the  two  annual  conferences  constituted  the  General  Con- 
ference :  T.  Buck,  J,  Seybert,  and  J.  Long  presiding 
elders  ;  H.  Niebel,  J.  Barber,  C.  Kring,  J.  Bruer  (not 
present),  J.  Dreisbach,  and  H.  Hassler  elders.  These 
represented  the  two  annual  conferences. 


1831.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  65 

The  Church  Discipline  was  examined  and  improved. 
J.  Seybert  and  T.  Buck  were  appointed  to  transcribe 
the  improved  portions  and  to  arranse  them  properly  for 
publication.  Subsequently  J.  Dreisbach  and  H.  Niebel 
were  added  to  this  committee  with  instructions  to  ex- 
amine thoroughly  the  entire  work  prior  to  its  publica- 
tion. J.  Dreisbach  was  appointed  to  read  proof.  It 
was  also  resolved  that  the  new  edition  of  the  Discipline 
be  translated  into  English  as  soon  as  possible.  The  fol- 
lowino;  ofhcers  were  ele<-.ted  :  J.  Dreisbach,  General 
Book  Agent ;  G.  Miller,  Assistant ;  and  T.  Buck,  Stew- 
ard of  the  book  funds. 

It  was  resolved  that  our,itinerant  preachers  labor  dili- 
gently among  the  German-speaking  people  of  the  coun- 
try, and  that  it  is  the  sense  of  the  General  Conference 
that  no  more  preacliers  shall  be  received  into  the  travel- 
ing connection  who  are  not  somewhat  proficient  in 
the  Gei-man  language.  The  Western  Co  nference  was 
instructed  to  submit  its  proceedings  annually  to  the 
Eastern  for  approval,  the  records  to  be  conveyed  by  a 
presiding  elder.  

1831. 

The  Eastern    Conference.— The   Fifth  i^Uli)  Annual 

Session. 

President,  Thomas  Buck. 

Secretary,  John  Seybert. 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled  in 
annual  session  June  6th,  1831,  in  our  meeting-house  at 
Lebanon,  Pa.  After  devotional  exercises  the  Confer- 
ence  organized    by    electing  T.  Buck   president,   wdio 


66  EVANGELICAL    LAJSTDMAEKS.  [1831 

appointed  J.  Seybert  secretary.  Two  local  preachers 
and  one  itinerant  were  deposed  from  the  ministry  on 
account  of  improper  conduct.  An  elder  was  deposed 
for  having  promulgated  doctrines  contrary  to  the  Word 
of  God.  S.  Tobias  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirm- 
ities. D.  Manwiller  died  during  the  past  year.  H. 
Niebel  was  elected  Presiding  Elder  and  J.  Rank,  General 
Book  Agent.  E.  Stoever  was  ordained  Elder  and  J. 
G.  Ziiiser,  S.  G.  Miller,  J.  Si-hnerr,  and  W.  Ray,  Dea- 
cons. The  ordination  of  A.  Riom  was  submitted  to  the 
Western  Conference.  The  following  were  newly  re- 
ceived on  trial:  Daniel  Brickley,  George  Anstein, 
John  F.  Leib,  Wm.  Wagner,  Charles  Hesser,  Jacob 
Borkert,  John  Campbell,  and  Henry  Fisher.  The  com- 
mittee appointed  to  assign  to  the  preachers  their  circuits 
consisted  of  J.  Seybert,  H.  Niebel,  J.  Long,  and  J. 
Barber. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Western  Conference  were  in- 
spected and  approved.  Preachers  were  prohibited  from 
publishing  any  manuscripts  which  have  not  met  the 
approval  of  their  annual  conference.  J.  C.  Reisner 
W'as  appointed  to  prepare  an  abstract  of  the  Biography 
of  George  Miller  and  to  supplement  it  with  an  account 
of  the  last  illness,  the  death,  and  burial  of  the  deceased ; 
the  work  to  be  submitted  to  T.  Buck,  H.  Niebel,  and 
A.  Ettinger  for  inspection.  The  Conference  territory 
was  divided  into  three  presiding  elder  districts. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Canaan  District—//.  Xiebel,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill    Cir.  —  J.   Schuerr   and    J. 

Young. 
Lebanon  Cir.— J.  G.  Zinser  and  J.   P. 

Leib. 


Lancaster   Cir.— E.     Stoever   and    H. 
Fisher. 


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ZioN  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 
York  Cir.— W.  W.  Orwig,  D.  Brlckley,    I    Berkley  Cir.— G.  Enders.* 

and  J.  Roessner.  Somerset  Cir.— C.  Kriug,  B.  Bicksler, 

Franklin    Cir.  —  G.    Brlckley    and   J.  and  G.  Ansteln. 

Borkert.  | 

Salem  District— J^.  Seijbert,  P.  E. 
Union  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor  and  W.  Wag-    I    Lake  Cir.— G.  Schneider  and  J.  Canip- 

ner.  bell. 

White  Deer   dr.— J.   Barber   and    C.       Centre  Cir.— P.  Wagner  and  C.  Hesser. 

Hammer. 


The  Western  Conference. 

President^  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary,  J.  H.  Yambert. 

The  Western  Conference  met  in  annual  session  May 
2d,  1831,  on  Canton  Circuit.  Green  Twp.,  Stark  Co., 
Ohio.  The  proceedings  were  opened  with  the  usual  de- 
votional exercises.  The  Conference  elected  J^  Long 
president  w^ho  appointed  J.  H.  Yambert  secretary.  A 
deacon  was  deposed  from  the  ministry  and  expelled  from 
the  Association  on  account  of  immoral  conduct.  Geo. 
Mattinger  and  J.  H.  Yambert  wei-e  ordained  Elders. 
Michael  Miller,  Christian  Leitner,  and  John  Roessner 
were  newly  received  as  preachers  on  tri^d.  It  was  re- 
solved that  when  the  Conference  gives  the  use  of  a  horse 
t©  an  itinerant,  it  shall  always  be  the  property  of  the 
Conference,  but  if  the  preacher  pay  a  part  of  the  cost, 
he  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  balance  only. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Ohio  District— X  Lowj,  P.  E. 


Canton  and  Wooster  Clrs.— G.  Mat- 
tinger, J.  S.  Hlmmelrelch,  and  M. 
Miller. 


Sandusky  dr.— J.  H.  Yambert  and  C. 

Leitner. 
New  Lancaster  Cir.— S.  G.  Miller  and 
D.  Kehr. 

*In  the  Fall  of  1831  G.  Enders  left  the  circuit,  and  F.  noflman  was  appointed 
by  the  presiding  elder  to  fill  the  vacancy  until  the  next  annual  conference  ses- 
sion.—S.  C.  B. 


68  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1832. 

1832. 

The   Eastern   Conference.— The  Sbih    {25th)  Annual 
Session. 

President^  Thomas  Buck. 

Secretary^  John  Seybert. 

On  Monday,  June  4th,  1832,  the  members  of  the 
Eastern  Conference  met  in  the  EvHngelical  meeting- 
house at  New  Berlin,  Union  Co.,  Pa.  After  the  usual 
religious  exercises  the  Conference  proceeded  to  the 
trMn!<acti(»n  of  business.  T.  Buck  was  elected  president. 
He  appointed  J.  Seybert  secretary.  An  elder  was  de- 
posed from  the  eldership  and  as  deacon  put  on  probation 
fur  one  year.  Three  local  preachers  were  deposed  from 
the  ministry  for  not  preaching,  three  for  unchristian  con- 
duct, one  for  opposition  to  the  truth  and  for  tolerating 
unchrist  an  beliavior  in  his  family,  one  for  unpeacefnl 
coiiduct  towards  his  i-elativcs  and  one  because  of  ineffi- 
ciency; al^o  one  itinerant  for  dishonest  transactions. 
H.  Fisher,  G.  Enders,  J.  Bruer,  and  B.  Bixler  located  on 
acount  of  b'>dily  infirmities.  T.  Buck  was  re-elected 
to  the  offire  of  Presiding  Elder.  J.  M.  Saylor,  W.  W. 
Or  wig,  G.  Brickley,  vmd  F.  Hoffman  were  ordained 
Eldsirs.  The  following  were  newly  received  on  trial: 
Jacol)  Bell,  Henry  Bucks,  Christian  Thomas,  Sanmel 
Banmgartner,  Daniel  Fichtner,  and  Joseph  Harlacher. 
T.  Buck,  H.  Niebel,  and  J.  Seybert  were  elected  a  com- 
mittee to  station  the  preachers. 

The  transactions  of  the  Western  Conference  were  in- 
spected. The  act  of  that  conference  granting  a  license 
to  W.  Ray  was  rejected.  The  reception  of  D.  Poor- 
man  by  that  body  was  also  rejected  on  the  ground  that 
it  occurred  not  in  accordance  with  the  Discipline.     It 


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was  resolved  that  in  ca.-^e  an  ordained  preacher  be  found 
guilty  of  a  transgression  not  sufficiently  grave  to  ex- 
clude him  from  the  kingdom  of  grace,  and  yet  such  as  to 
require  punishment,  he  shall  be  suspended  from  the  ex- 
ercise of  all  the  functions  of  his  office,  except  preach- 
ing, for  a  period  not  less  than  one  year. 

The  members  of  the  Book  Commission  were  T.  Buck, 
H.  Nicbel,  J.  Barber,  J.  G.  Zinser,  J.  M.  Saylor,  C. 
Hammer,  and  J.  P.  Leib.  The  Conference  ordered 
that  1,500  copies  of  George  Miller's  Biography  be  pub- 
lished, and  that  1,000  copies  of  the  Church  Discipline 
be  printed  in  the  English  language.  It  was  made  ol)li- 
gatory  upon  every  local  preacher  to  attend  the  Annual 
Local  Preachers'  Conference.  An  article  on  "  The 
Evangelical  Association"  was  prepared  for  insertion  in 
Buck's  Theological  Dictionary.  A.  Ettinger  and  Jacob 
Hammer  were  appointed  to  obtain  an  act  of  incorpora- 
tion from  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  for  the 
Evangelical  Association.  The  Conference  resolved  that 
a  fimd  be  established  for  the  support  of  the  super- 
annuated preachers,  and  the  widows  and  orphans 
of  deceased  preachers.*  John  Bank  was  elected 
trustee  of  this  fund.  The  trustees  of  the  Printing 
House  were  instructed  to  repair  the  building  and  to 
change  it  into  a  parsonage  if  possible,  at  the  expense 
of  the  friends  of  the  circuit ;  the  house  to  remain  the 
property  of  the  Conference. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— H.  Xicbel,  P.  E. 


Lancaster  Cir.  —  G.   Brickley  and  F. 
Hoffman. 


Scliuylkill  Cir.— W.  W.  Orwig  and  D. 

Brickley. 
Lebanon  Cir.  —  J.  Schnerr  and  J.  P. 

Leib. 

*Thi8  was  the  origin  of  the  c&antable  funds  of  tlie  Erangelical  jVssociation 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [183' 


ZiON  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 


York  Cir.— J.  G.   Zinser,  J.  Roessuer, 

and  H.  Bucks. 
Franklin  Cir.  —  J.  M.  Saylor  and  J. 

Borkert. 


Indiana  Cir.— E.  Stoever  and  A.  Frey. 
Slienandoah  Cir.— G.  Schneider  and  C. 

Thomas. 
Somerset  Cir.— D.   Kehr  and  J.   Har- 

lacher. 


Salem  District— j.  Seybert,  P.  E. 


Union  Cir.— S.  G.  Miller  and  C.  Hesser. 
Centre  Cir.— P.  Wagner  and  S.  Baura- 

gnrtner. 
Lycoming   Cir.  —  J.    Barber    and   J. 

Young. 


Lake  Cir.— J.  S.  Himmelreich  and  J* 
Campbell. 

Buffalo  Cir.— C.  Kring  and  J.  Bell. 

C.  Hammer  and  G.  Anstein  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  Ohio  District. 


The    Western  Conference. 

President,  Joseph  Long. 

Secretm'y,  J.  H,  Yainbert, 

This  session  of  the  Western  Conference  was  held 
in  Green  Twp.,  Slark  Co.,  Ohio.  The  proceedings  were 
opened  on  May  7th,  1832,  with  religious  exercises, 
aiier  which  J.  Long  was  elected  president.  He  ap- 
pointed J.  H.  Yambert  secretary.  A  preacher  on  trial 
was  deposed  for  disobedience  and  frivolons  conduct, 
and  an  elder,  for  disobedience  and  contumacy. 

D.  Kehr,  J.  S.  Himmelreich,  and  A.  Riehm  were 
ordained  to  the  oihce  of  Deacon.  The  following  were 
newly  received  as  preachers  on  trial :  John  Lutz,  Elias 
Sichley,  David  Poorman,  Aaron  Yambert,  and  John  J. 
Kopp.  The  Conference  ordered  the  preparation  of  an 
article  on  "The  Evangelical  Association"  for  Buck's 
Theological  Dictionary. 


Canton    Cir.— G.    Anstein    and    J.    J, 

Kopp. 
Wooster    Cir.— C.     Hammer    and    C 


APPOINTMENTS. 

Ohio  District— j.  Long,  P.  E. 

Sandusky  Cir.— G.  Mattinger   and  E. 

Sichley. 
New  Lancaster  Cir.— J.  H.    Yambert 


Leitner.  I       and  M.  Miller. 


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1833. 

The  Eastern  Conference.- — The  Seventh  (26M)  Anmial 

Session. 

President^  Thomas  Buck. 

Secretary,  John  Seybert. 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  met  in  annual 
session  at  Orwigsburg,  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Monday, 
June  3d,  1833.  The  proceedings  were  opened  with  reli- 
gious exercises.  T.  Buck  was  elected  president.  He  ap- 
pointed J.  Seybert  secretary.  Two  preachers  were  put 
on  probation  for  improper  conduct.  Two  others  were 
deposed  from  the  ministry  and  put  on  probation  as 
members  of  the  church  for  immoral  conduct.  J.  S. 
Himmelreich  and  J.Borkert  located  on  account  of  bodily 
infirmities.  P.  Wagner,  W.  W.  Orwig,  and  J.  M.  Say- 
lor  were  elected  Presiding  Elders.  J.  Schnerr  and  J. 
G.  Zinser  were  ordained  Elders  ;  J.  Roessner,  D. 
Brickley,  Jacob  Borkert,  J.  P.  Leib,  C.  Hesser,  J. 
Young,  and  J.  Klein,  Deacons.  The  following  were 
newly  received  as  preachers  on  trial :  John  Sensel, 
Isaac  Deppen,  Michael  F.  Maize,  Solomon  Altimos, 
Daniel  Miesse,  and  J acob  Boas.  The  Conference  elected 
the  five  presiding  elders  of  both  conferences  a  station- 
ino-  committee.  The  transactions  of  the  Western  Con- 
ference were  examined  and  approved. 

T.  Buck,W.W.  Orwig,  and  J.C.  Reisner  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  publish  a  new  edition  of  the  GeistUche 
Viole.  The  committee  was  instructed  to  insert  suitable 
morning  and  evening  hymns  and  such  as  are  appro- 
priate to  the  burial  service.  It  was  resolved  that  an 
English  hymn  book  be  published  and  that  J.  M.  Saylor 


72  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1833. 

and  J.  p.  Leib  be  appointed  to  compile  a  collection  of 
hjmns  for  tliis  purpose. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib  and  1.  Dep- 

pen. 
Lebanon  Cir.— J.  Schnerr  andJ.  Sensel. 

ZiON  District— IT.  W.  Onrig,  P.  E 


Lancaster  Cir. —J.    Eoessner   and  J. 
Lutz. 


York  Cir.— J.   G.  Zinser  and  J.  Har- 

lacher. 
Gettysburg   Cir.— E.    Stoever   and  H. 

Bucks.  i       Maize 

Saleji  District— J.  M.  Saylor,  P.  E. 


Franklin  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  S.  Baum- 

gartner. 
Shenandoah  Cir.— J.  Bell  and   M.  F. 


Union    Cir. — J.    C.    Eeisner    and    F. 

Hoffman. 
Lycoming  Cir.  — G.   Schneider  and  G. 

Bricklev. 


Centre  Cir.— C.  Hesser  and  J.  Young. 
Somerset    Cir.— D.    Brickley    and    A. 

Frey. 
Indiana  Cir.— S.  G.  Miller  and  J.  Boas. 


Carmel  District— p.  Wagner,  P.  E. 


Lake  Cir.— D.  Kehr  and  S.  Altimos. 
Mohawk  Cir.— F.  Glasser. 
Buffalo  Cir.— J.  H.  Yambert. 


Erie  Cir.— J.  Seybert. 
H.  Niebel  and  C.  Kring  went  to  the 
Ohio  District. 


The   Western  Conference. 

President^  Joseph  Lonjy. 

Secretary.,  J.  H.  Yambert. 

On  Monday,  May  6th,  1833,  the  members  of  the 
Western  Conference  assembled  in  annual  session  in 
Pleasant  Twp.,  Fairfield  Co.,  Ohio.  The  Conference 
was  opened  in  the  usual  manner.  J.  Long  was  elected 
president.  He  appointed  J.  H.  Yambert  secretary.  A 
preacher  on  trial  was  deposed  for  neglect  of  duty. 
C  Anstein  and  C.  Leitner  located  on  account  of  bodily 
infirmities,  and  J.  Long,  on  account  of  family  concerns. 
Samuel  Frey  died  during  the  year. 

The  Eastern  Conference  appointed  H.  Niebel  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  this  Conference.     C.  Hammer  was  or- 


1834.]  EASTERN    AND    -WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  73 


dained  Elder,  and  M.  Miller,  S.  Seger,  and  H.  Dunney, 
Deacons.  The  following  were  newly  received  as 
preachers  on  trial :  Daniel  Tobias,  Peter  Goetz,  John 
Schreffler,  and  Henry  McBride.  It  was  unanimously 
resolved  that  the  proceedings  of  the  Conference  be  not 
published. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Ohio  District— ff.  Xiebel,  P.  E. 


New  Lancaster  Cir.— C.  Hammer  aud 

E.  Sictiley. 
Sandusky  Cir.— ^r.  Miller  and  P.  Goetz. 
Canton  Cir.— C.  Kring  and  D.  Tobias. 


Wooster  Cir.— J.  J.  Kopp  and  A.  Yam- 

teert. 
Miami   Cir.  —  G.    Mattinger    and  J. 

Schreffler. 


183 


The  EaHterii  Conference. —  The  Eighth.  (2TM)  JLnnual 

Session. 

President,  "W.  W.  Orwig. 

Secretary.,  John  Seybert. 

On  Mondiiy,  June  2d,  ISott,  the  members  of  this 
Conference  assembled  in  New  Berlin,  Union  Co.,  Pa. 
Before  proceeding  to  the  transaction  of  business  the 
brethren  engaged  in  the  customary  devotional  exercises. 
W.  W.  Orwig  was  elected  president ;  he  appointed  J. 
Seybert  secretary.  A  deacon  was  put  on  probation  for 
improper  conduct,  and  a  presiding  elder  deposed  from 
his  office.  Six  preachers  were  deposed  from  the  min- 
istry, one  for  immoral  conduct,  two  on  account  of 
inefficiency  in  the  ministry,  one  because  he  resisted  our 
Church  Discipline,  and  two  for  neglect  of  duty  and 
unchristian  conduct.  Several  of  these  were  expelled 
from  the  Association.     T.  Buck,  J.  H.  Yaraliert,  and 

6 


74  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1834. 

S.  G.  Miller  located  on  account  of  family  concerns; 
D.  Miesse,  J.  Borkert,  and  J.  Roessner,  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities.  Christian  Wolf,  John  W.  Miller, 
and  Henrj  Young  died  during  the  past  year.  The 
following  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on  trial : 
John  Noecker,  Jacob  Saylor,  Daniel  Berger,  Jacob 
Riegel,  John  Kiegel,  Peter  Boetz,  and  John  M.  Sind- 
lino:er.  The  stationinti;  committee  consisted  of  the 
presiding  elders.  The  transactions  of  the  Western  Con- 
ference were  examined  and  approved. 

Jacob  Ha-nmer  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  Chari- 
table Funds  of  the  Evangelicd  Association.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  inspect  the  English  Hymn 
Book  compiled  by  J.  M.  Saylor  and  J.  P.  Leib.  A  new 
edition  of  1,500  copies  of  the  '•'■  ScdtempieV  wa?  ordered 
to  be  published  ;  also  1,500  copies  of  the  '■'Lives  of 
Jacob  Albright  and  George  Miller.''''  It  was  resolved 
that  the  next  session  of  the  General  Conference  be  held 
at  Orwigsburg,  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  to  begin  on  the  last 
Monday  in  May,  1835. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— y.  Seybert,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib  and  J.  Sen- 

sel. 
Lebanon  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor  and  John 

Riegel. 

ZioN  District— ir.  ir.  Oncig,  P.  E. 


Lancaster  Cir. — H.  Fisher  and  Jacob 
Saylor. 


York   Cir.  —  J.    Schnerr    and   M.    F. 

Maize. 
Gettysburg  Cir.— D.  Kehr  and  J.  No- 

ecker. 


Cumberland  Cir.— C.  Hesser  and   A. 

Frey. 
Sienandoah  Cir. — S.  Altimos    and  J. 

Schimp. 


Salem  District— J.  G.  Zhiser,  P.  E. 


Somerset    Cir.  —  H.    Bucks    and    G. 

Schneider. 
Indiana  Cir.— J.  Lutz  and  P.  Goetz. 


Union  Cir.— J.  Young  and  D.  Berger. 
Lycoming  Cir.— G.  Brickley  and  S.  To 

bias. 
Centre  Cir.— F.    Hofifman  and  J.    M 

Sindlinger.  ' 

Carmel  District— p.  Wagner,  P.  E. 
Lake  Cir.— J.  Harlacher  and  J.  Boas.       I    Buffalo  Cir.— D.  Brickley. 
Mohawk  Cir.— Jacob  Riegel.  I   Erie  Cir.— E.  Stoever. 


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75 


The    Western   Conference. 

President,  Henry  Niebel. 

Secretary,  Charles  Hammer. 

This  annual  session  was  held  in  Lake  Twp.,  Stark 
Co.,  Ohio,  and  was  opened  on  Monday,  May  5th,  1834. 
After  tlie  religious  services,  H.  Niebel  was  elected 
president,  who  chose  C.  Hammer  as  secretary.  A  dea- 
con was  deposed  for  neglect  of  duty.  Three  others 
were  deposed,  one  on  account  of  disobedience,  another 
for  unchristian  conduct,  and  the  third  on  account  of 
dishonest  transactions  for  which  he  was  also  expelled 
from  the  Association. 

M.  Miller  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities. 
Fred.  Borauf  died  during  the  past  year.  J.  J.  Kopp 
and  E.  Sichley  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
The  following  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on 
trial:  Feter  Wiest,  Samuel  Van  Gundy,  and  Jacob 
Fray. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Ohio  District— ff.  Mehel,  P.  E. 


Lancaster  Cir.— S.  Baumgaitner  an^l 
G.  :Miittiuger. 

Wooster  Cir.— E.  Sichley  and  D.  To- 
bias. 


Sandusky   Cir.— J.   J.    Kopp    and   A. 

Yambert. 
Canton  Cir.— C.  Hammer  and  S.  Van 

Gundy. 
Miami  Cir.— C.  Kring  and  P.  Wiest. 


1835. 

TJie  General  Conference. 

President,  Henry  Niebel. 
Secretary,  J.  G.  Zinser. 

In  accordance  with  a  resolution  adopted  by  tlie  East- 
ern Conference,  the  General  Conference  convened  on 


76  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1835. 

May  25th,  1835,  at  Orwigsburg,  Schujdkill  Co.,  Pa. 
Singing,  prayer,  and  the  reaiing  ot'  the  Sacred  Scrip- 
tures constituted  the  opaning  exercises.  H.  Niebel 
was  elected  president.  He  appointed  J.  G.  Zinser  secre- 
tary. Tlie  following  named  elders  constituted  this 
General  Conference:  J.  G.  Zinser,  J.  Seybert,  W.  W. 
Orwig,  P.  Wagner,  J.  Barber,  J.  Braidensteiu,  J.  C. 
Reisner,  J.  H.  Yarabert,  J.  Schnerr,  D.  Kehr,  S.  G. 
Miller,  G.  Brickley,  F.  Hoffman,  E.  Stoever,  and  J.  M. 
Savior  of  the  Eastern  Conference;  H.  Niebel,  J.  Long, 
C.  Hammer,  and  C.  Kring  of  the  Western  Conference- 
The  preachers  were  investigated  con(;erning  their  doc- 
trines and  conduct  during  the  past  year. 

Some  changes  of  boundaries  were  made  in  several 
presiding  elder  districts.  Somerset,  Indiana,  and  Erie 
circuits  were  detached  from  the  Eastern  Conference 
and  annexed  to  the  Western,  and  these  three  fields  to- 
gether with  Canton  Circuit,  ware  formed  into  a  district 
called  Carmel  District.  In  this  new  arrangement  the 
Eastern  Conference  included  three  districts  and  the 
Western  two.  It  was  resolved  that  the  Western  Con- 
ference meet  annually  on  the  first  Monday  in  March, 
and  the  E  istern,  on  the  third  Monday  following.  The 
presiding  elders  of  both  annual  conferences  were  sta- 
tioned. 

The  Conference  ordered  that  4,000  copies  of  the 
Geistliche  Yiole  be  published,  and  that  a  copyright  of 
the  work  be  secui-ed  in  the  name  of  J.  Seybert  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  II.  Niebel  of  Ohio.  The  preachers  were 
instructed  to  gather  data  for  the  compilation  of  a  book 
on  the  life  and  ministerial  career  of  John  Walter.  It 
was    resolved    that   hereafter    the    transactions    of  the 


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Quarterly  Conferences  be  recorded  in  suital)le  minute- 
books  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose. 

At  this  session  the  Association  decided  to  pul)lish  a 
religious  paper  to  be  called  Der  Christliche  Botschafter. 
J.  Long,  J.  C.  Reisner,  and  C.  Hammer  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  prepare  a  brief  smnmary  setting  forth 
the  character  of  the  contemplated  periodical.  This 
committee  reported  the  following  outline  of  the  design 
and  contents  of  the  Christliche  Botschafter:  1st,  To 
impart  the  divine  truths  of  Holy  Writ  in  tlieir  unadul- 
terated purity  and  in  such  a  manner  as  can  be  plainly 
understood  by  tlie  common  people;  2d,  The  dissemina- 
tion of  religious  intelligence,  and  facts  concerning  the 
progress  of  true  Christianity,  M'ith  special  reference  to 
the  work  among  the  Germans  of  America;  3d,  The  in- 
terpretation and  discussion  of  passages  of  Scripture; 
4th,  The  biographies  of  pious.  God-fearing  persons; 
5tli,  Useful  and  edifying  natural  history,  etc. 

P.  Wagner,  J.  M.  Saj'lor,  and  C.  Hammer  were  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  i-ules  gov^erning  the  issue  of  the 
periodical.  They  i-eported  the  following:  1st,  The 
Christliche  Botschafter  shall  be  issued  monthly  at  a 
subscription  price  of  seventy-five  cents  a  year,  to  be 
paid  within  the  year,  but  in  case  the  payment  is  not 
prompt  the  subscription  cliarge  to  be  one  dollar ; 
2d,  Subscriptions  for  a  period  of  less  than  six  months 
will  not  be  received,  and  Avhoever  desires  to  stop  the 
paper  must  first  pay  all  arrearages;  3d,  Every  preacher 
in  charge  in  the  Association  is  an  agent  to  secure  sub- 
scriptions and  receive  .  the  money ;  4th,  All  letters, 
communications,  etc.,  not  coming  from  the  regular 
agents  should  he  sent  pre-paid. 


78  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1835. 


It  was  resolved  that  the  preachers  in  charge — the 
agents — shall  solicit  subscriptions,  collect  the  money, 
and  make  an  annual  settlement  with  their  respective 
presiding  elders  who  are  to  constitute  a  general  commit- 
tee in  each  conference.  The  profits  flowing  from  this 
project  are  to  be  applied  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
other  book  profits.  It  was  fnrthermore  resolved  that 
each  presiding  elder  sliall  receive  for  his  trouble  a  roy- 
alty of  one  cent  on  every  small  book  and  two  cents 
on  every  large  book  that  is  sold  in  his  district  and  de- 
livered through  him  to  his  preachers.  The  committee 
of  the  Eastern  Conference  was  instructed  to  publish 
the  Chrutliche  Botschafter  as  soon  as  the  number  of 
subscribers  has  reached  700,  this  committee  to  take 
charge  of  the  entire  matter. 

The  Conference  resolved  that  wherever  practicable 
German  Sabbath  schools  are  to  be  organized  and  con- 
ducted in  the  congregations  of  our  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion, and  that  it  be  made  the  duty  of  every  preacher  in 
charge  to  strive  earnestly  to  carry  out  this  purpose. 

The  Conference  ordered  that  a  Local  Preachers'  Con- 
ference be  held  annually  on  each  circuit,  shortly  before 
the  session  of  the  regular  Annual  Conference,  and  that 
all  local  preachers  shall  be  under  obligations  to  attend. 
W.  W.  Orwig,  J.  Long,  and  J.  C.  Eeisner  were  ap- 
pointed to  formulate  rules  governing  the  transactions 
of  Local  Preachers'  Conferences.  They  reported  the 
followino; 


& 


Local  Preachers'  Conferences  and  their  Transactions. 

Question.  Who  are  the  members  of  the  Local  Preach- 
ers'   Conference?     Answer.  All   local    and    traveling 


1835.]    EASTERN  AND  WESTERN  CONFERENCES.        79 

preachers  who  are  found  within  the  bounds  of  the  cir- 
cuit where  each  of  these  conferences  is  held.  The  pre- 
siding elder  is  also  a  member.  Ques.  Who  is  author- 
ized to  appoint  the  time  and  place  of  the  meeting  of 
these  conferences  ?  Ans.  The  presidimg  elder.  In 
case  he  neglects  it  the  preacher  in  charge  shall  do  so. 
Qices.  What  are  to  Ije  the  transactions  of  the  Local 
Preachers'  Conference  and  who  is  to  be  the  president? 
A?is.  The  presiding  elder  is  to  act  as  president  and  in 
his  absence  the  preacher  in  charge.  The  records  are  to 
be  sent  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  inspection.  The 
Local  Preachers'  Conference  is  to  inquire  into  the  con- 
duct of  the  local  preachers,  and  wlien  charges  are  pre- 
ferred, to  investigate  them  and  decide  up!)n  them  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  according  to  the  directions  of  our 
Church  Discipline;  also  to  receive  preachers  on  trial,  if 
any  such  present  themselves. 

H.  Niebel,  J.  Biirher,  and  J.  G.  Zinser  were  ap- 
pointed to  formulate  rules  regulating  the  support  of 
traveling  preachers.  They  reported  as  follows :  1st. 
Newly  married  or  single  preachers  received  into  the 
traveling  connection  shall  be  ohliged  to  travel  live  years 
before  they  are  permitted  to  draw  any  support  for  their 
families.  2d.  After  the  five  years,  a  married  preacher 
without  children  shall  receive  half  again  as  much  sup- 
port as  a  single  preacher;  with  one  or  two  children, 
three-fourths  again  as  much,  and  with  three  or  more 
children,  twice  as  much.  3d.  In  case  a  preacher  who 
was  married  two  or  more  years  previous  to  his  entrance 
be  received  into  the  traveling  connection  he  shall,  after 
he  has  traveled  two  years,  receive  salary  according  to 
the  second  paragraph  of  this  report. 


80  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1835. 

The  Conference  resolved  to  incorporate  an  organiza- 
tion under  the  name  of  the  "  Charitable  Society  of  the 
Evangelical  Association,"  to  be  located  in  Orwigsburg, 
Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  and  to  consist  of  the  following  nine 
persons  :  J.  Seybert,  J.  P.  Leib,  Jacob  Hammer,  Jos- 
eph Hammer,  Eli  Hammer,  S.  Rickert,  John  Rickert, 
W.  Wildermuth,  and  Andrew  Swalm.  A  committee, 
consisting  of  J.  Long,  W.  W.  Orwig,  and  J.  C.  Reis- 
ner,  was  appointed  to  construct  a  plan  of  organization. 
They  reported  the  following:  1st,  No  person  can  be- 
come a  member  of  this  Society  who  is  not  21  years  of 
age,  a  member  of  the  Evangelical  Association  for  at 
least  one  year,  and  a  citizen  of  Pennsylvania;  2d,  In 
case  of  vacancies  occurring  through  death,  resignation, 
or  expulsion  from  the  church,  the  Society  shall  nominate 
double  the  number  of  those  whose  seats  have  become 
vacant,  from  which  nominees  the  next  General  Confer- 
ence shall  elect  the  required  member  or  members ;  3d, 
This  incorporated  Society  shall  have  charge  of  all 
chaiitable  funds  and  bequests,  loan  the  money  at  lawful 
interest  and  annually  pay  the  income  to  the  Eastern 
Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Association. 


1835. 

The  Eastern  Conference. — The  Ninth  {28th)  Annual 

Session. 

President,  W.  AV.  Orwig. 
Secretary,  John  Seybert. 

This  Conference  convened  in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  June  1st, 
1835.     After  engaging  in  appropriate  religious  exercises 


1835.] 


EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES. 


81 


the  Conference  organized  bj  electing  W.  W.  Orwig 
president,  who  appointed  J.  Seybert  secretary.  A 
preacher  was  deposed  from  the  ministry  for  neglect  of 
duty  and  immoral  conduct.  S.  Tobias  and  1).  Kehr 
located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  C.  Hesser,  J. 
P.  Leih,  and  D.  Brickley  were  ordained  to  the  office  of 
Elder ;  J.  Boas,  II.  Fisher,  J.  Sensel,  J.  Lutz,  A.  Frey, 
M.  F.  Maize,  and  S.  Altiinos,  to  tlie  office  of  Deacon. 
The  following  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on 
trial :  Sebastian  Mosser,  Henry  Thomas,  John  A. 
Jacobs,  Fred.  Miller,  Daniel  N.  Long,  John  Poorman, 
Henry  Kegel,  Jacob  Kehr,  Samuel  Friess,  and  George 
Segcr.  The  presiding  elders  of  both  conferences  were 
appointed  to  station  the  preachers.  The  transactions  of 
the  Western  Conference  were  examined  and  approved. 


Schuylkill    Cir.— C. 

Mosser. 
Lehigh  Cir.— J.  M. 

Riegel. 


APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— J'.  Seyhcrt,  P.  E. 
Hammer    and 


Saylor  and  Jacob 


Hesser    and   H. 


ZiON  District— 
York  Cir.— F.  Hoffman  and  H.  Fisher. 
Gettysburg  Cir.— S.  G.  Miller  and  J.  A. 
Jacobs. 


Lebanon    Cir.  —  C. 

Thomas. 
Lancaster  Cir.— Jacob  Saylor  and  John 

Riegel. 
Philadelphia— J.  Schnerr. 
W.  Orwig,  P.  E. 
Cumberland     Cir.  —  J.    P.     Leib,    G. 

Schneider,  and  P.  Miller. 
Shenandoah  Cir.— .L  Schimp  and  D.  N. 

Long. 
Salem  District— P.  Waoner,  P.  E. 


W. 


Union  Cir. — J.  Sensel  and  J.  Poorman. 
Columbia  Cir.— D.   Berger  and  J.  M. 

Sindlinger. 
Centre  Cn-.- J.  Brickley  and  H.  Kegel. 


Lycoming  Cir.— J.  Young. 
Lake  Cir.— M.  F.  Maize  and  J.  Kehr. 
Buffalo   Cir.  —  J.    Havlacher    and    S. 
Friess. 


Carmel  District— y.  O.  Ziaser,  P.  E. 


Somerset  Cir.— J.  Lutz,  A.  Frey,  and  G. 

Seger. 
Indiana  Cir.— S.  Altimos  and  J.  Boas. 


Erie  Cir.— D.  Brickley  and  J.  Noecker. 
Canton  Cir.— E.  Stoever  and  P.  Goetz. 


T?ie    Western  Conference. 
President,  Henry  I^iebel. 


82  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1836. 


Secretary,  Charles  Hammer. 

The  session  of  1835  was  held  in  Lake  Twp.,  Stark 
Co.,  Ohio,  and  was  opened  on  May  4th  with  the  cus- 
tomary religious  exercises.  H.  Niebel  was  elected 
president.  He  appointed  C.  Hammer  secretary.  Four 
preachers  were  deposed  from  the  ministry,  one  for  not 
preaching,  another  for  unmerciful  treatment  of  a  poor 
widow,  a  third  for  improper  business  transactions,  and  a 
fourth  on  account  of  immoral  conduct.  The  last  was 
also  expelled  from  the  Association.  J.  Schilling  with- 
drew from  the  church.  J.  Roessner  located  on  account 
of  bodily  infirmities  and  G.  Matthiger,  on  account  of 
family  concerns.  Daniel  Tobias  and  Abraham  Hiem 
died  during  the  past  year.  Joseph  Ebbert  was  ordained 
to  the  office  of  Deacon.  H.  Niebel,  C.  Kring,  and  C. 
Hammer  were  appointed  to  station  the  preachers. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Ohio  District— H.  Xiebel,  P.  E. 
Canton  Cir.— J.  Frey. 


Wooster  Cir.— H.  Bucks  and  P.  VViest. 
Mansfield  Cir.— J.  J.  Kopp  and  S.  Van 


Sandusky    Cir.— S.  Baumgartuer  and 

A.  Yambert. 
Lancaster  Cir.— C.  Kring  and  A.  Eby. 


Gundy.  '    Miami  Cir.— E.  Sictiley. 


1836. 

The  Eastern  Conference.'^— The   Tenth  (29^A)  Annual 
Session. 

President,  Philip  Wagner. 
Secretary,  C.  Hammer. 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled 
at  Rebersburg,    Centre    Co.,   Pa.,   March  28th,  1836. 

'Prom  this  time  forth  the  proceedings  of  the  Western  Conference  were  no 
longer  entered  upon  the  record  of  the  Eastern. 


1836.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  83 

The  session  was  opened  with  devotional  exercises.  P. 
Wagner  was  elected  president.  He  appointed  C. 
Hammer  secretary.  Two  preachers  were  deposed  for 
immoral  conduct.  J.  M.  Ssiylor  located  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities  and  S.  G-.  Miller,  on  account  of  family 
concerns.  J.  P.  Leib  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Pre- 
siding Elder.  The  following  were  newly  received  on 
trial:  Christian  HoU,  Martin  Hartman,  Henry  West- 
hafer,  Ludwig  Schuppert,  and  Jacob  Vogelbach.  The 
presiding  elders  of  both  conferences  were  elected  a 
committee  to  station  the  preachers.  The  proceedings 
of  the  Western  Conference  were  examined  and  ap- 
proved, after  which  the  presiding  elders  were  stationed 
by  the  Conference. 

Committees  were  appointed  to  examine  a  manuscript 
by  Samuel  Miller,  entitled  "l>«s  Kernwesen  von  der 
Erlcasung  so  durch  Cliristum  gescliehen^''  and  Solomon 
Miller's  '-^Kette  der  Yeraunft^''  a  translation  from  the 
English  (Chain  of  Reason),  with  instructions  to  publish 
these  works  if  they  think  proper.  J.  M.  Saylor  was 
elected  trustee  of  the  book  funds.  P.  Wagner,  A. 
Ettinger,  and  J.  M.  Saylor  were  appointed  to  compose 
and  publish  a  Sunday  school  book.  It  was  resolved 
that  a  General  Conference  shall  be  held,  to  begin 
November  14:th,  1836,  in  Somerset  Twp.,  Somerset  Co., 
Pa.  Salem  District  was  divided  and  the  part  which 
was  detached  was  called  Moriah  District.  The  Confer- 
ence ordered  that  a  committee  be  appointed  annually 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inquire  into  the  accounts  of 
the  preachers  stationed  in  cities,  to  estimate  the  excess 
of  their  expenses  over  those  stationed  on  rural  charges 
and  to  remunerate  them  accordingly. 


84:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1836. 


APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— J".  Seybert,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  H.  West 
haler. 

Reading  Cir.— Jacob  Saylor. 

Lebanon  Cir.— J.  Young  and  M.  Hart- 
man. 

ZiON  District— J.  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 


Lancaster  Cir. — JoTin   Riegel    and  L. 

Schuppert. 
Philadelphia— J.  Schnerr. 


York  Cir.— G.  Brickley. 
Gettysburg    Cir.- J.    Jacobs    and   H. 
Thomas. 


Cumberland    Cir.— C.    Hesser  and    F. 

Miller. 
Shenandoah  Cir— M.  F.  ISIaize. 


Salem  District— P.  )yagnei\  P.  E. 


Lycoming   Cir.— F.    Hoffman  and    S. 
Mosser. 


Union  Cir.— D.  Berger  and  C.  Holl. 
Columbia  Cir.— J.  M.  Sindlinger. 
Centre  Cir.— J.  Sensel  and  H.  Kegel. 

MORiAH  District— ir.   IF.  Oncig,  P.  E. 
Lake  Cir.— Jacob  Riegel  and  P.  Henne-   I   Buffalo  Cir.— C.  Hammer  and  J.  Kehr, 
berger.  I    Buffalo  Sta.— J.  Harlacher. 

Western  Conference. 
Indiana  Cir.— D.  Long.  |    Somerset  Cir.— D.  Kehr. 


1836, 

The  General  Conference. 

President^  Henry  Niebel. 

Secretary.,  Charles  Hummer. 

The  General  Conference  of  1836  convened  in  Somer- 
set Twp.,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  14tli  of  Nov.,  1836. 
After  the  opening  exercises  which  consisted  of  prayer, 
song,  and  exhortation,  H.  Niebel  was  elected  president. 
He  appointed  C.  Hammer  secretary.  The  following 
elders  were  present:  H.  Niehel,  C.  Hammer,  S.  Baum- 
gartner,  S.  G.  Miller,  J.  G.  Zinser,  E.  Stoever,  H. 
Bucks,  J.  Young,  J,  Schnerr,  C.  Hesser,  J.  Seybert, 
W.  W.  Orwig,  P.  Wagner,  D.  Brickley,  G.  Brickley, 
F.  Hoffman,  J.  J.  Kopp,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  D.  Kehr. 

It  w^as  resolved  that  a  new  printing  house  and  book 


1836.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  85 

bindery  be  established  within  the  bounds  of  the  East- 
ern Conference.  Arrangements  were  accordingly  made 
to  purchase  or  build  a  house  in  New  Berlin,  Union  Co., 
Pa.,  suitable  at  once  for  carrying  on  tlie  printing  busi- 
ness and  as  a  dwelling  house,  with  the  understand  big, 
however,  that  in  case  not  enough  money  be  forthcom- 
ing for  this  pur(30se  a  suitable  building  is  to  be  rented. 
W.  W.  Orwig  was  elected  editor  of  the  Christliclie 
Botschafter.  He  was  instructed  to  assume  the  duties 
of  general  book  ao-ent  also,  in  case  Geo.  Miller  resigns 
the  office.  ' 

The  Conference  resolved  that  the  editor  of  the 
Christliclie  Botschafter  shall  always  be  elected  by  the 
General  Conference  and  that  no  person  can  be  elected 
more  than  twice  in  immediate  succession;  that  the  ed- 
itor, the  presiding  elder  of  the  district  including  the 
establishment,  and  John  Kank  shall  be  trustees  to 
superintend  the  printing  establishment  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Association,  tlie  first  two  to  be  standing  trus- 
tees. Provision  was  made  that,  in  case  either  of  these 
trustees  should  die,  resign,  or  be  deposed,  the  preacher 
in  charge  of  the  circuit  whereon  the  establishment 
is  located  is  to  take  his  place  until  the  next  session 
of  the  General  Conference.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in 
the  editorship,  the  remaining  trustees,  together  with 
the  preacher  in  charge  of  the  cii-cuit,  are  to  elect  a  suc- 
cessor until  the  next  annual  session  of  the  Eastern 
Conference.  C.  Hammer  was  elected  Presiding  Elder 
in  the  place  of  W.  W.  Orwig,  and  S.  Witt  was  ordained 
Deacon.  The  salary  of  the  editor  of  the  Christliche 
Botschafter  was  fixed  at  a  sum  equal  to  that  received  by 
other  traveling  preachers,  with  an  additional  allowance 


86  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1837. 

equal  to  that  of  an  unmarried  preacher.  J.  C.  Keisner 
was  appointed  to  prepare  a  German  A,  B,  C,  and  Spell- 
ing Book  to  be  published  for  the  use  of  children. 

The  following  form  of  a  recommendation  for  mem- 
bers removing  from  one  circuit  to  another  was  adopted  : 

This  is  to  certify  that  A B is  a  member 

of  our  Evangelical  Association. 

E Cir.     C D Preacher  in  Charge. 

A.  D.  18—. 

Anew  edition  of  4,000  copies  of  the  ^'•YioW''  was 
ordered  to  be  printed.  The  General  Conference  decided 
that  the  two  annual  conferences  shall  henceforth  be 
independent  of  each  other  as  regards  all  their  transac- 
tions, with  tlie  exception  of  the  contributions  for  the 
support  of  the  preachers.  It  was  agreed  that  the 
Western  Conference  annually  send  two  delegates  to  the 
Eastern,  who  shall  serve  in  conjunction  with  a  commit- 
tee of  three  from  the  latter  to  inspect  all  manuscrij)ts 
intended  for  publication.  The  Conference  adjourned 
to  meet  on  the  fourth  Monday  in  March,  A.  D.  1839, 
on  Centre  Circuit. 


1837. 

The  Eastern  Conference. —  The  Eleventh  {Z^th\  Annual 

Session. 

President,  Philip  Wagner. 

Secretary,  Charles  Hammer. 

The  session  of  1837  was  held  at  New  Berlin,  Pa., 
beginning  March  27th,  1837.  The  religious  exercises 
at  the  opening  were  followed  by  organization.  P. 
Wagner  was  elected  president.     He  appointed  C.  Ham- 


1837.]  EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  87 

mer  secretary.  The  ordination  of  a  proaclier  was  with- 
held because  of  his  improper  conduct ;  ivnother  was 
deposed  for  unchristian  conduct.  J.  Hartman  located. 
P.  "\Ya2;ner  was  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding 
Elder.  John  Young  and  M.  F.  Maize  were  ordained 
Elders;  II.  Kegel,  J.  Kehr,  J.  Jacobs,  H.  Thomas,  P. 
Henneberger,  and  S.  Mosser,  Deacons.  The  following 
were  newly  received  on  trial :  Henry  Stoetzel,  Moses 
Bauer,  Geo.  Bellinger,  Geo.  Schaeifer,  Benjamin  Aep- 
ley,  Geo.  T.  Haines,  Charles  Wagner,  Jacob  Miller, 
Jacob  Rank,  Michael  Eiss,  Christian  Hummel,  and 
Henry  Miesse.  The  presiding  elders  were  elected  a 
committee  to  station  the  preachers.  The  preachers 
were  instructed  to  collect  money  annually  wherewith  to 
defray  the  expenses  incurred  in  feeding  their  horses 
during  the  annual  session  of  Conference.  In  case  more 
than  a  sufficient  amount  is  secured  during  any  one  year, 
the  surplus  shall  be  kept  in  a  fund  until  the  ensuing 
year  and  then  applied  to  the  same  purpose. 

The  following  was  resolved  :  1st,  That  1,500  copies 
of  ''Die  Nadifolge  Jesu  Christi,''  by  Thomas  A.  Kempis, 
be  printed,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  committee  of 
publication;  2d,  That  1,000  copies  of  the  German 
"6/;rat'/JeAre"  written  by  J.  Vogelbach,  be  printed, 
provided  it  be  approved  by  the  committee  of  publica- 
tion; 3d,  That  1,000  copies  of  Miller's  ''Tlmtiges  Chris- 
tenthiim''  be  printed;  4th,  That  the  committee  on 
printing:  affairs  be  instructed  to  publish  various  editions 
of  the  Bible  to  be  sold  by  the  Association;  5th,  That 
three  or  four  thousand  Sunday  school  tickets  be  issued; 
6th,  That  500  pamphlets  containing  the  constitution  of 
the  Charitable  Society  be  published. 


88  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1838 


APPOINTMENTS. 
Canaan  District— ^t.  Seybert,  P.  E. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— T.  Buck. 

Lykena     Cir.  —  J.     Barber     and      P. 

Schwilly. 
Reading  Cir.— Jacob    Saylor    and   M. 

Eis. 


Lebanon    Cir.  —  F.    Hoffman   and   J. 

Vogelbach. 
Lancaster  Cir. — J.  M.  Sindlinger  and  J. 

Noecker. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Hesser. 


ZioN  District—./.  P.  Lfib,  P.  E. 


York  Cir.— J.    Sensel    and    H.    West- 

hafer. 
Gettysburg    Cir. — J.  Schnerr   and   F, 

Miller. 


Cumberland  Cir.— M.   F.  Maize,  Chr. 

IIoll,  and  G.  Schaffer. 
Shenandoah  Cir.— P.  Henneberger  and 

M.  Bauer. 


Salem  District— P.  Wagner,  P.  E. 


Union  Cir. — J.  Jacobs  and  H.  Thomaa. 
Columbia   Cir.— G.    Brickley    and    L. 
Shuppert. 


Lycoming  Cir.— S.   Mosser  and  G.  T. 

Haines. 
Centre  Cir.— D.  Berger  aftd  W.  Helm. 


MoKiAH  District- C.  Hammer, P.  E. 


Dansville  Cir.— J.  Kehr. 

Lake  Cir.— H.  Kegel  and  G.  Bellinger. 


Buffalo    Cii'.- Jacob    Riegel    and    H. 

Stoetzel. 
Buffalo  Sta.— J.  Haiiacher. 
Western  Conference. 
Lancaster  Cir.— John  Riegel.  |    Somerset  Cir.— John  Young. 


1838. 

The   Eastern    Conference. —  The    Ticelfth    {?>lst)    An- 
nual Session, 

President,  Pliilip  Wagner. 

Secretary,  Francis  Hoffman. 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled 
at  Orwigsburg,  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Mar.  28th, 
1838.  V.  Wagner  was  elected  president.  He  appointed 
F.  Hoffman  secretary.  A  local  deacon  was  reproved 
for  neglect  of  duties.  A  local  preacher  was  deposed 
and  put  on  probation  six  months  for  immoral  conduct; 
another  was  deposed  for  unbecoming  conduct  toward 
the  ministry.  J.  Harlacher  and  J.  Kehr  located  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities;  Jacob  Saylor  on  account 


1838.]  EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  89 


of  family  concerns.  Philip  Breidenstein  and  Andrew 
Yeakel  died  during  the  year.  J.  Seybert  was  re-elected, 
and  T.  Buck  newly  elected  to  the  oflSce  of  Presiding 
Elder.  Daniel  Berger,  Jacob  Saylor,  Jacob  Riegel, 
and  J.  M.  Sindlinger  were  ordained  Elders;  J.  Vogel- 
bach,  W.  Heim,  H.  Westhafer,  Fr.  Miller,  Chr.  Hull, 
and  Geo.  Schaeffer,  Deacons.  Tiie  following  were 
newly  received  on  trial:  Frederick  Krecker,  Wm. 
Mintz,  John  Hosenberger,  Samuel  Krall,  and  Alex. 
Longsdorf.  The  presiding  elders  and  H.  Bucks  were 
elected  a  committee  to  station  the  preachers.  Four 
hundred  and  ten  dollars  were  sent  to  the  Western  Con- 
ference for  the  support  of  preachers. 

It  was  resolved  that  no  traveling  preacher  who  prac- 
tices medicine  shall  be  allowed  to  take  pay  for  his  med- 
ical services. 

The  Conference  adopted  the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved^  That  upon  each  charge  a  parsonage  shall 
he  erected,  if  practicable,  and  that  the  Quarterly  Cttn- 
ference  elect  three  men  as  trustees,  who  shall,  by 
the  advice  of  the  presiding  elder  and  preacher  in 
charge,  select  a  suitable  locality  on  the  circuit  for 
the  erection  or  purchase  of  such  a  house.  Resolved^  That 
in  case  any  portion  of  the  money  collected  for  the  feed- 
ing of  the  preachers'  horses  at  conference  remain,  it  be 
appropriated  for  the  additional  support  of  such  preach- 
ers who  make  application,  and  in  the  event  of  a  balance 
still  remaining,  it  shall  be  retained  in  the  book  fund 
until  the  next  annual  session,  when  it  is  to  be  merged 
into  the  general  salary  fund. 

Canaan  District  was  divided  and  the  new  part  called 
Philadelphia  District.     It  was  resolved  that  the  Con- 

7 


90  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1838. 

ference  be  empowered  to  station  the  presiding  elders. 
The  following  were  ordered  to  be  printed :  3,000 
copies  of  the  small  English  Hymn  Book,  2,000  copies  of 
Kempis's  Imitation  of  Christ,  2,000  copies  of  Miller's 
^^Thcetiges  Christentlium^''  and  2,000  copies  of  Air's  Ser- 
mons, if  approved  by  tho  committee.  The  Conference 
decided  that  the  new  edition  of  the  English  Hymn  Book 
should  contain  no  more  than  six  additional  hymns.  A 
Missionary  Society  was  organized  by  the  members  of 
the  Conference. 

Resolved^  That  the  universal  use  of  tobacco  in  our 
day  is  a  great  evil,  that  we  will  unanimously  protest 
against  it,  and  that  no  preacher  among  us  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  engage  in  its  traffic. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Canaan  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 
Lykens  Cir.— D.  Kehr  and  S.  Mosser.       j    Lebanon   Cir.— J.  Vogelbach  and  W. 
Schuylkill  dr.— M.  F.  Maize. 


Womelsdorf  Cir.— J.  Schnerr. 


Mintz. 
Lancaster   Cir.— J.  Sindlinger  and  J 
Rosenberger. 
Philadelphia  District—,/.  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 
Pliiladelphia  Sta.— C.  Hes«er.  I    Lehigti  Cir.— F.  Hoffman  and  P.  Him- 

Reading  Cir.— H.  Fisher  and  M.  Eis.        I       melberger. 
ZiON  District— P.  Wagner,  P.  E. 


York  Cir. — J.  Sensel  and  W.  Heim. 
Gettysburg  Cir.— G.  Schaffer  and  H 
Westhafer. 


Cumberland  Cir.— J.  Young,  J.  Jacobs, 

and  S.  Krall. 
Shenandoah  Cir.— F.    Miller   and    M. 

Bauer. 
Salem  District— J^.  Seybert,  P.  E. 


Union  Cir.— H.  Thomas  and  H.  Kegel. 
Columbia  Cir.— J.    Barber,   B.  Aeply, 
and  F.  Krecker. 


Centre  Cir.— D.  Berger  and  A.  Longa- 

dorf. 
Lycoming   Cir.— G.    Brickley    and   P. 
Sohwilly. 

MoRiAH  District— C.  Hammer,  P.  E. 
Lake  Cir.— Jacob  Riegel  and  C.  Hum-    I    Dansville  Cir. — H.  Stoetzel. 
mel.  '    Buffalo  Cir.— C.  Ho!l  and  G.  T.  Haines. 

Western  Conference. 
Indiana  Cir.— J.  Noecker.  |    Somerset  dr.— G.  Dellinger. 


1839.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  91 

1839. 

The  General  Conference. 

President^  Thomas  Buck. 

Secretary^  George  Brickley. 

The  General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion met  in  Haines  Twp.,  Centre  Co.,  Pa.,  on  March 
25tli,  1839.  After  the  devotional  exercises,  T.  Buck 
was  elected  president,  whereupon  he  appointed  G.  Brick- 
ley  secretary.  The  following  elders  were  present: 
From  the  Eastern  Conference. — T.  Buck,  G.  Brickley, 
F.  Hoffman,  C.  Hammer,  M.  F.  Maize,  D.  Berger,  J. 
Barber,  D.  Ivehr,  J.  M.  Sindlinger,  C.  Hesser,  S.  G. 
Miller,  P.  Wagner,  J.  Sensel,  J.  Harlacher,  J.  Young, 
J.  Seybert,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  AV.  W.  Orwig;  from  the 
Western  Conference^ — J.  Long,  H.  Niebel,  J.  G.  Zinser, 
H.  Bucks,  E.  Stoever,  J.  Boas,  A.  B.  Shaefer,  S.  Yan 
Gundy,  J.  Lutz,  P.  Wiest,  P.  Goetz,  A.  Yambert,  and 
J.  J.  Kopp. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  ChristUche  Botschafter  be 
issued  bi-monthly  after  the  completion  of  its  fifth  year 
at  a  subscription  price  of  $1.00  per  annum  if  paid 
within  the  year,  if  after  the  close  of  the  year,  $1.25 ; 
that  all  traveling  preachers  and  worn  out  preachers  who 
have  traveled  shall  receive  the  paper  free ;  that  such 
persons  who  secure  six  subscribers  and  make  themselves 
responsible  for  the  payment  of  tlie  money,  shall  receive 
one  copy  free,  the  agents  excepted. 

The  Conference  decided  that  no  preacher  who  travel 
without  having  been  appointed   by  a  conference  shall 
receive  support.     Each  annual  conference  was  author- 
ized  to  fix  the  salaries  of  the  preachers  stationed  in 


92  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1839. 

cities.  The  following  rule  with  reference  to  local 
preachers  was  adopted :  In  case  a  local  preacher 
absents  himself  from  conference  sessions  without  well 
founded  reasons  he  shall  he  punished  ;  if  he  is  a  preacher 
on  trial,  his  license  shall  be  withheld  for  one  year ;  if 
ordained,  his  ordination  shall  he  withheld;  for  a  second 
offence  he  is  to  be  deposed  from  the  ministry. 

The  two  old  conferences  were  divided  into  tliree,  as 
follows:  The  East  Pa.  Conference^  to  include  Canaan, 
Philadelphia,  and  Moriah  districts ;  the  West  Pa.  Con- 
ference., Salem,  Zion,  and  Carmel  districts;  the  Ohio 
Conference.,  Ohio,  Tabor,  and  Sandusky  districts. 

The  organization  and  constitution  of  a  Missionary 
Society  were  submitted  to  the  Conference  and  adopted, 
the  society  to  be  known  as  "  The  Missionary  Society  of 
the  Evangelical  Association  of  North  America. "  The 
Conference  ordered  that  a  German  pocket  Bible  be 
stereotyped.  A  sufficient  number  of  advance  sub- 
scribers paid  $2.50  and  $2.75  for  the  work.  It  was  also 
resolved  that  "^  History  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion^^ be  prepared  and  published;  the  work  to  contain 
an  account  of  the  origin,  progress  and  most  important 
events  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  C.  Hammer 
was  appointed  to  gather  materials  having  reference  to  the 
origin  and  progress  of  the  Association  in  the  West  Pa. 
Conference,  J.  Driesbacli  in  the  Ohio  Conference,  and 
T.  Buck  in  the  East  Pa.  Conference.  W.  W.  Orwig 
was  appointed  to  arrange  the  materials  thus  gathered 
and  to  prepare  them  for  publication,  tlie  first  edition  of 
the  history  to  be  limited  to  3,500  copies. 

It  having  been  proposed  to  change  the  rules  in  our 
Church  Discipline  which  govern  the  temporal  economy 


1839.]         EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  93 

of  the  church,  committees  were  appointed  to  inspect 
the  various  portions  of  the  Discipline  treating  of  these 
subjects. 

John  Sejbert  was  elected  Bishop,  "W.  W.  Orwig 
was  re-elected  editor  of  the  C'liristllc/ie  BoUcliufter^ 
and  Charles  Hammer,  general  book  agent.  T.  Buck, 
W.  W.  Orwig,  and  C.  Hammer  were  appointed  to  cor- 
rect the  giammatical  and  typographical  errors  in  the 
Church  Dii-cipline.  J.  Seybert,  J.  Long,  and  G.  Brick- 
ley  were  appointed  to  formulate  rules  empowering  the 
General  Conference  to  make  changes  in  the  laws  of  our 
church. 

The  mainifacture  of  spirituous  drinks  for  any  pur- 
pose other  than  medicinal,  was  strictly  prohibited 
among  the  members  of  our  church. 

[An  anti-slavery  resolution  was  adopted,  the  text  of 
which  does  not  appear  upon  the  official  records.  From 
the  current  numbers  of  the  Christliche  Botschafter  it 
apeara  that  the  resolution  prohibited  all  members  of 
the  churcli  f  I'om  owning  slaves  or  engaging  in  the  slave 
trade.— S.  C.  B.] 

Our  preachers  were  authorized  to  administer,  preach, 
and  defend  infant  as  well  as  adult  baptism  according  to 
our  form  ;  also  to  re-baptize  such  persons  w^io  were 
baptized  in  their  childhood  if  they  make  application 
and  cannot  otherwise  satisfy  their  consciences,  no  preacher 
being  allowed,  however,  to  advocate  re-baptism. 

The  Conference  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  November  1843,  on  Tabor  District,  Oliio  Con- 
ference. 


94:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1839. 


1839. 

The  Eastern  Conference. — The   Thirteenth  (32f7)  An- 
nual Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Francis  Hoffman. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Qeoriie  Brickley. 

The  members  of  the  Eastern  Conference  assembled 
in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  April  11th,  1839,  Bishop  J.  Seybert 
presiding.  After  conducting  the  opening  exercises  the 
president  appointed  F.  Hoffman  secretary,  who  chose 
Geo.  Brickley  his  assistant.  Two  preachers  w'ere  de- 
posed from  the  ministry,  one  for  incompetency,  and  the 
other  for  engaging  in  certain  political  affairs.  Several 
were  put  on  probation.  J.  Schnerr,  H.  Kegel,  and 
Jacob  Riegel  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities; 
S.  Krall  and  Fr.  Miller,  on  account  of  family  concerns. 
G.  Brickley  and  J.  M.  Sindlinger  were  elected  to  the 
office  of  Presiding  Elder.  J.  A.  Jacobs  and  S.  Mosser 
were  ordained  Elders;  Chr.  Hummel,  B.  Aepley,  H. 
Stoetzel,  G.  T.  Haines,  and  P.  Schwilly,  Deacons.  The 
following  were  newly  received  on  trial:  John  Kraemer, 
Joseph  Rissman,  Joseph  Best,  Henry  Poland,  Abra- 
ham Forry,  David  Mertz,  George  Ramige,  John  Kauf- 
man, and  George  Dressier.  The  committee  to  station 
the  preachers  consisted  of  Bishop  Seybert,  T.  Buck,  C. 
Hammer,  J.  P.  Leib,  P.  Wagner,  G.  Brickley,  and  J. 
M.  Sindlinger.  The  salary  of  the  preacher  in  Philadel- 
phia was  fixed  at  $250  for  the  year. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  East  Pa.  Conference  shall 
convene  on  Wednesday,  Mar.  25th,  1840,  at  Schuylkill 
Haven,  Pa.,  and  the  West  Pa.  Conference  on  Wednes- 
day, Apr.  8,  1840,  at  New  Berlin,  Pa. 


1839.]        EASTERN    AND    WESTERN    CONFERENCES.  95 


APPOINTMENTS. 

[TJw  ^Veto  East  Pa.  Conference. '[ 
Canaan  District-  T.  Buck,  P.  E. 


Lebanon  Cir.— F.  Hoffman,  F.  Krecker, 

and  D.  Meriz. 
Lancaster  Cir.— G.    Schaffer    and    J. 

Kraemer. 


Lykens  Cir.— B.  Aepley  and  M.  Lelin 
Pottaville  and  Minersville  Sta.— M.  F. 

Maize. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— C.  Hesser. 

Philadelphia  Distkict— ^t.  p.  Leib,  P.  E. 
Lehigii   Cir.— D.    Berger   and    G.    T.    I    Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  Vogelbach. 
Haines.  '    Reading  Cir.— W.  Heim  and  W.  Mintz 

Moriah  District— J.  M.  Sindlinger,  P.  E. 
Dansville  Cir.— D.  Kehr.  I    Buffalo  Cir.— P.  Schwilly  and  G.  Ram- 

Lake  Cir.- J.  Harlacher.  '       ige. 

[The  yew  West  Pa.  Cmiferoice.] 
ZiON  District— P.   Wctgner,  P.  E. 
York  Cir.— H.   Fisher   and  J.  Rosen-    I 


Cumberland  Cir.  —  J.   A.    Jacobs,  A. 
Forry,  and  H.  Westhafer. 


berger. 
Gettysburg  Cir.  —  J.    Sensel   and  P. 
Henneberger. 

Salem  District— C  Brickleu,  P-  E. 
Union  Cir.— J.  Barber  and  J.  Best.  |    Columbia  Cir.— S.  Mosser  and  A.  Longs- 

Centre  Cir.— H.  Thomas  and  H.  Ro-  dorf. 

land.  Lycoming  Cir.— J.  Young  and  J.  Riss- 

I      man. 
Missions.— (Includea  in  hoth  Confe^-ences.) 


New  York  City  Mission— J.  Burghart. 
Waterloo  (LTpper  Canada)  Mission— C. 
Holl. 


Mohawk  Mission— C.  Hummel. 
Black  Creek  (Upper  Canada)  Mission- 
M.  Eis. 


^'And  daily  in  the  temjyle,  and  in  every  house,  they  ceased 
not  to  teach  and  preach  Jesus  Christ.''' — Acts  y:  42. 


I  he  Kast  f^ennsylvaqia  (zonferer] 


ce. 


i84kO-ias:z. 


'And  they  divided  the  land." — Josh,  xit:  5. 


The  General  Conference  of  1839  re-districted  the 
church  into  three  annual  conferences  called  respectively 
The  East  Fa.  Conference,  The  West  Pa.  Conference, 
and  The  Ohio  Conference.  With  the  first  of  these,  em- 
bracing the  territory  upon  which  the  Evangelical  As- 
sociation first  found  footing,  the  remainder  of  these 
pages  will  be  principally  occupied.  The  official  re- 
cords of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  will  be  interspersed, 
however,  with  extracts  from  the  quadrennial  proceed- 
ings of  the  General  Conference.  These  extracts  have 
either  direct  reference  to  the  w^ork  and  personnel  of 
the  East  Pa.  Conference  or  form  important  links  in 
the  chain  of  events. 


I  he  Ci'Qst  f^ennsylv'ania  (^onferei]ce. 


1840. 

The  First  (33^7)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Jacob  Yogell)ach. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Francis  Hoffman. 

The  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  met  at  Schuylkill 
Haven,  Fa.,  on  March  25th,  1840,  and  continued  in 
session  seven  days.  The  Conference  was  opened  with 
relio'ious  exercises,  consisting  of  a  Scripture  reading, 
singing,  and  prayer.  An  appropriate  selection  from  the 
Churcli  Disctipline  was  also  read.*  Bishop  Seybert 
presided.  He  appointed  J.  Yogelbach  secretary,  who 
chose  F.  Hoffman  as  his  assistant.!  J.  P.  Leib  was  re- 
elected Presiding  Elder.  J.  Yogelbach,  W.  Heim,  G. 
Schaffer,  and  C.  Holl  were  ordained  to  the  office  of 
Elder;  W.  Mintz,  F.  Krecker,  J.  Rosenberger,  M.  Eis, 
and  M.  Lehn,  to  the  otticc  of  Deacon.  The  following 
were  newly  received  on  trial :  Frederick  Danner,  David 
Fisher,  and  Michael  Sindlinger.  Tlie  salary  of  an  un- 
married preacher  was  $48.60. 

*Hereafter  the  devotional  exercises  at  tlie  opening  of  eacli  annual  session  will 
not  be  mentioned. 

tThis  metliod  of  organizing  has  prevailed  until  the  present  time.  It  will  there- 
fore not  be  necessary  to  allude  to  it  in  the  record  of  each  session. 


100 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1841. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  Distkict— J.  P.  Leib, 
P.  E. 

Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  Vogelbach. 

Milford  Cir.  —  J.  Sensel  and  H. 
Stoetzel.* 

Lehigh  Cir.— M.  F.  Maize  and  G.  T. 
Haines. 

Reading  Cir.— Jacob  Saylor  and  Henry 
Fisher. 

Canaan  District— r.  Buck;  P.  E. 

Lykens  Cir.— C.  HoU  and  Wm.  Mintz. 

Schuylkill  Cir.  —  F.  Hoffman,  Chas. 
Hesser,  and  D.  Mertz. 

Lebanon  Cir.- D.  Berger  and  F.  Ban- 
ner. 


Lancaster  Cir.— Wm.  Helm  and  J. 
Kraemer. 

MoKiAH  District—^.  M.  Sindlinger, 
P.E. 

Mohawk  Cir.  —  C.  Hummel  and  G. 
Ramige. 

Lake  Cir.— M.  Lehn  and  D.  Fisher. 

Buffalo  Cir.— P.  Sch willy. 

Buffalo  Sta.— Fred.  Krecker. 

Black  Creek  Cir.— M.  Eis  and  M.  Sind- 
linger. 

Waterloo  Miss.— J.  Harlacher. 

New  York  Miss. — Jacob  Burkhardt. 


1841. 

The  Second  {^4:th)  Aiimial  Sessiox. 

President^  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary^  William  Mintz. 

Assistant  Sec7'etary,  Francis  Hoffman. 

The  Conference  met  in  annual  session  on  Wednes- 
day, Mar.  17th,  1811,  in  Fayette  Twp.,  Seneca  Co.,  ^. 
Y.,  Bishop  Seybert  presiding.  T.  Buck,  H.  Fisher,  and 

F.  Danner  were  appointed  a  finance  committee.  H. 
Stoetzel  and  D.  Mertz  located  on  account  of  bodily  in- 
firmities.    Leonhard  Zimmerman  died  during  the  year. 

G.  T.  Haines,  C.  Hummel,  P.  Sch  willy,  and  M.  Eis 
were  ordained  Elders;  J.  Kraemer,  G.  Ramige,  and  F. 
Danner,  Deacons.  Solomon  Neitz,  William  Garret, 
David  Fisher,  and  Michael  Sindlinger  were  continued 
as  preachers  on  trial.  Jacob  Dareich  was  newly  received 
on  trial.  The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders  were 
constituted  a  stationins  committee. 


'H.  stoetzel  served  on  Milford  Circuit  until  September,  1S40,  when  Solomon 
Neitz  took  his  place  and  entered  active  work. 


1841.] 


THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


101 


The  following  statistics  show  the  total  iiiembership 
on  each  charo;e  in  the  Conference  at  this  time : 


Philadelphia  Sta 219 

Milford   Cir 175 

Lehigh  Cir 218 

Reading  Cir 175 

Lykens  Cir 213 

Schuylkill  Cir 318 

Lebanon  Cir 261 


Lancaster  Cir 290 

Mohawk  Cir 166 

Lake  Cir 274 

Buffalo  Cir 159 

Buffalo  Sta 59 

Black  Creek  Cir 109 

Waterloo  Miss 87 


Total  membership  of  the  Conference 2,723 

These  are  the  preachers  of  the  Conference  according 
to  their  station  and  order  : 

Bishop^ — John  Seybert. 

Presiding  Elders^ — J.  P.  Leib,  T.  Buck,  and  J.  M. 
Sindlinger. 

Elders^ — J.  Breidenstein,  F.  Hoffman,  C.  Hesser,  H. 
Fisher,  J.  Harlacher,  M.  F.  Maize,  J.  M.  Saylor,  John 
£.leinfeltei-,  J.  Sensel,  D.  Berger,  Jacob  Riegel,  J. 
Sclinerr,  Jacob  Saylor,  J.  C.  Peisner,  C.  Holl,  W. 
Heim,  P.  Schwilly,  G.  T.  Haines,  C.  Hummel,  and  M. 
Eis. 

Deacons^ — D.  Thomas,  J.  Burkhart,  S.  Tobias,  J. 
Klein,  M.  Lehn,  F.  Glasser,  J.  Ivramer,  G.  Pamige,  F. 
Danner,  H.  Stoetzel,  D.  Focht,  W.  Mintz,  F.  Krecker, 
S.  Muck,  and  J.  Kehr. 

Continued  on  Trial, — D.  Fisher,  M.  Sindlinger,  S. 
Neitz,  D.  Mertz,  and  William  Garret. 

Newly  Received  on  Trial, — Jacob  Dareich. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

Philadelphia   District— J'.   P.  Leib,  Reading  sta.— J.  Burkhart. 

P.  E.  Lehigh    Cir.  —  M.    F.  JMaize    and    J. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Hesser.          [ret.  Kraemer. 

Milford  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines  and  W.  Gar-  Womelsdorf  Cir.— Jacob  Saylor. 


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Canaan  District— r.  Buck,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— H.  Fisher  and  C.  Holl. 
Lebanon  Sta.— D.  Berger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  Sensel. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— W.  Mintz. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— F.  Hoffman. 
Pottsville  Sta.— W.  Helm. 
Lykens  Cir.— F.  Danner  and  S.  Neitz. 
MOKiAH  District— oT.   M.  Sinaiinger, 
P.  E. 


Mohawk    Cir.  —  G.    Ramige    and    D. 

Fisher. 
Lake  Cir.— M.  Lehn  and  Michael  Sind- 

linger. 
Buffalo  Cir.— C.  Hummel. 
Buffalo  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— P.  Schwilly. 
Waterloo   Cir.— J.    Harlacher    and  J. 

Dareich. 
New  York  Miss.— M.  Els.* 


1842. 

The   Third  {35th)  Anmial  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Sejbert. 

Secretary,  Henry  Fisher. 

Assistant  Secretary.,  Wilh'am  Mintz. 

The  members  of  the  Conference  assembled  in  Allen- 
town,  Pa.,  March  2d,  1842,  Bishop  Sejbert  presiding. 
J.  Burkhart  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities,  and 
J.  Harlacher,  on  account  of  family  concerns.  T.  Buck 
received  permission  to  remain  in  the  itinerancy  and  to 
travel  according  to  his  strength.  H.  Fisher  was  elected 
Presiding  Elder.  W.  Mintz,  F.  Krecker,  and  M.  Lehn 
w^ere  ordained  Elders;  S.  Neitz,  D.  Fisher,  M.  Sind- 
linger,  C.  Meyers,  S.  Miesse,  and  D.  Mertz,  Deacons. 
The  following  were  newly  received  on  trial:  Henry 
Saner,  Joseph  Gross,  Thomas  Steck,  and  Wm.  Schmidt. 
Thomas  Buck  was  appointed  to  assist  the  Bishop  and 
presiding  elders  in  the  work  of  stationing  the  preachers. 
The  following  were  appointed  a  committee  on  finance 
to  distribute  the  money  contributed  for  salaries :  T. 
Buck,  H.  Fisher,  and  F.  Danner.     T.  Buck  and  J.  M. 

*M.  Eis  served  this  mission  during  a  part  of  the  year,  after  which  Christian 
Meyers  took  his  place. 


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Saylor  were  appointed  u  committee  to  examine  manu- 
scripts offered  for  publication.  This  committee  was 
instructed  to  act  in  connection  with  similar  committees 
from  the  other  annual  conferences.  After  the  usual 
distribution  of  salaries  as  prescribed  by  the  Discipline, 
a  balance  remained  which  was  divided  among  those  who 
needed  it  most. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District  —  H.  Fisher, 

P.  E. 
Piiiladelpliia  Sta.— M.  P.  Maize. 
Milford  Cir.— C.  Hummel,  J.  Kramer, 

and  Joseph  Gross. 
Lehigh  Cir.— C.  Hesser  and  W.  Mintz. 
New  York  ]*Iiss.— C.  Meyers. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— F.  Hoffman  and  P. 

Schwllly. 
Philadelphia,  Germantown,  and  Man- 

ayunk  Miss.— J.  M.  Saylor. 

Canaan  District— o/.  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  C.  Reisner,  J.  Da- 

reich,  and  T.  Steck. 
Lebanon  Cir  —  Jacob  Saylor  and  F. 

Danner. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— D.  Berger  and  S.  Neitz. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— T.  Buck. 
Pottsville  Sta.— W.  Helm. 
Lykens  Cir.- J.  Sensel  and  G.T.  Haines. 

MoRiAH  District  — J'.  M.  Sindliager, 

P.  E. 
Mohawk  Cir.— M.  Lehn  and  H.  Sauer. 
Jefferson  Cir. — D.  Fisher. 
Lake  Cir.— C.  Holl  and  JL  Sindlinger. 
Buffalo  Cir.— G.  Ramige. 
Buffalo  Sta.— Jacob  Riegel. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— J.  Kehr. 
Waterloo  Cir.— M.  Eia  and  W.  Schmidt. 
Rochester  Miss.— F.  Krecker. 


1843. 

The  Fourth  (30M)  Amiual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Henry  Fisher. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Christian  Meyers. 

The  session  of  1813  was  held  in  the  Evangelical 
meeting-house  at  Lebanon,  Pa.,  beginning  March  22d. 
W.  Heim  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  Four 
preachers  were  deposed  for  unchristian  conduct,  one  of 


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whom  was  expelled  from  the  Association.  W.  Mintz 
and  M.  Lehn  were  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding 
Elder.  Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  G.  Ramige,  F. 
Banner,  J.  Kramer,  and  J.  Kehr ;  Deacons'  orders  to  J. 
Dareich.  The  following  were  newly  received  on  trial: 
Jacob  C.  Farnsworth,  Theobald  Schneider,  George  C. 
Schmidt,  AVm.  L,  Eeber,  John  Raus,  and  Fred.  Scharfe. 
The  finance  committee  consisted  of  J.  M.  Saylor,  Jacob 
Sajlor,  and  F.  Banner.  The  Conference  appointed  C. 
Hesser,  M.  F.  Maize,  and  H.  Fisher  a  committee  to 
audit  the  accounts  of  the  missionaries.  The  following 
were  elected  delegates  to  the  next  General  Conference: 
J.  P.  Leib,  W.  Mintz,  J.  C.  Reisner,  J.  M.  Saylor,  H. 
Fisher,  M.  Lehn,  C.  Hesser,  F.  Hoffman,  M.  F.  Maize, 
and  H.  Bucks ;  alternates,  Jacob  Saylor,  D.  Borger, 
and  Jacob  Biegel.  The  Conference  appointed  J.  P. 
Leib  a  delegate  to  the  West  Pa.  Conference  to  present 
to  that  body  the  recommendations  of  changes  in  the 
Discipline  proposed  by  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 


BOUNDARIES. 

Moriah  District  was  divided  and  formed  into  Niagara 
and  Mohawk  districts.  Rochester  Mission  was  discon- 
tinued.    A  mission  was  located  in  Lancaster  City,  Pa. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  C.  Hesser,  M.  F.  Maize, 
and  H.  Fisher,  was  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  prac- 
ticability of  building  a  new  church  in  New  York  City, 
and  if  deemed  advisable,  to  carry  out  the  project;  H. 
Fisher  was  appointed  treasurer. 


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APPOINTMENTS, 


Philadelphia.    District— If.    Fishei; 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— M.  F.  Maize. 
Milford  Cir.— W.  L.  Keber,  J.  Kramer, 

aud  «.  C.  Schmidt. 
Lehigh  Cir— C.  Hesser  and  J.  C.  Farns- 

worth. 
Monroe  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— D.  Berger    and   F, 

Scharfe. 
New  York  Miss.— C.  Hummel. 
Germantown  Miss.— J.  M.  Saylor. 

Canaan  District— J^.  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— Jacob  Sa3'lor,  T.  Steele, 

and  S.  Miesse. 
Lebanon  Cir. — F.  Danner  and  S.  Neitz. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— J.  Sensel. 


Lykens  Cir.— J.  C.  Rei.siierand  C.  Holl. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— F.  Ilollman. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
Pottsville  Sta.— H.  Bucks. 

Mohawk  District— ir.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Mohawk     Cir.  —  D.    Fisher     and    T. 

Schneider. 
Jefferson  Cir. — M.  Sindlinger. 
Lake  Cir.— F.  Krecker  and  H.  Sauer. 
Dansville  Cir.— J.  Dareich. 

Niagara  District— J/.  Lelin,  P.  E. 
Butfalo  Cir.— G.  Ramige. 
Buffalo  Sta.— Jacob  Riegel. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— J.  Kehr. 
Waterloo  Cir.— M.  Eis  and  J.  Raus. 


1843. 

The  General  Conference* 

Presidents^  Bishops  John  Seybert  and  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary^  A,  B.  Schaeffer. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  H.  Fisher  and  Chas,  Hammer. 

The  General  Conference  met  in  Summit  Co.,  Ohio, 
on  October  23d,  1843,  and  continued  in  session  eleven 
days.  During  the  investigation  of  the  members  of  tlie 
Conference  no  charges  were  preferred.  All  the  dele- 
gates elected  by  the  East  Pa,  Conference  were  present, 
with  the  exception  of  Charles  Hesser  whose  death, 
caused  by  an  accident,  occuri-ed  on  his  way  to  this  Con- 
ference session,  Jacob  Saylor,  first  alternate,  took  his 
place.  It  was  unanimously  resolved  that  a  special  ser- 
vice he  held  in  memory  of  the  deceased  delegate.  In 
accordance  with  this  resolution  the  members  of  the  Gen- 


•See  Preface  on  page  98. 


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106  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1843. 


eral  Conference  assembled  at  the  house  of  Elias 
Stoever,  whence  they  proceeded  in  procession  to  the 
meeting-house  in  wliich  the  sessiors  of  the  Conference 
were  held.  Here  Bishop  Seybert  preached  a  sermon 
from  the  words  "  For  he  was  a  good  man  and  full  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith."— Acts  xi:  24. 

The  salary  of  an  unmarried  itinerant  preacher  was 
fixed  at  $100.00  per  annum  ;  a  married  itinerant  to  re- 
ceive $100.00  additional  for  his  wife  and  $25.00  addi- 
tional for  each  of  his  children  under  14  years  of  age. 
Besides  this  a  reasonable  allowance  was  to  be  granted 
for  traveling  expenses.  John  Seybert  was  re-elected 
and  Joseph  Long  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Bishop. 
J.  C.  Keisner  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  was  elected 
general  book  agent,  and  Adam  Ettinger  of  the  West 
Pa.  Conference,  editor  of  the  CkrlstUche  Botschafter. 

The  name  of  Canaan  District  in  the  East  Pa.  Con- 
ference was  changed  to  Harrisbnrg  District.  The  last 
Wednesday  in  Eebrnary  was  fixed  as  the  time  to  open 
the  annnal  sessions  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 

Bishops  Seybert  and  Long,  A.  Ettinger,  editor  of  the 
Christliche  Botschafter,  J.  C.  Keisner,  General  Book 
Agent,  and  W.  W.  Orwig  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  prepare  a  course  of  study  for  our  junior  preachers 
and  for  candidates  for  the  ministry.  It  was  made  obli- 
gatory upon  all  such  to  give  diligent  study  to  this 
course. 

The  Conference  ordered  that  the  interest  accruing 
from  the  Charitable  Society  funds  and  the  profits  aris- 
ing from  the  printing  establishment  are  to  be  divided 
in  equal  shares  among  the  different  annual  conferences 
and  that  each  conference  be  required  to  support  its  own 


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claimants.  The  Charitable  Society  was  advised  to  loan 
$1,200.00  to  the  congregation  at  Philadelphia  and 
$300.00  to  the  congregation  at  Eochester,  provided 
these  congregations  can  give  ample  security  and  reliable 
assurances  of  paying  the  interest  aimnally.  J.  P.  Leib, 
J.  M.  Saylor,  and  M.  F.  Maize  were  appointed  to  in- 
quire into  the  affairs  of  the  congregation  at  "Eochester. 
In  view  of  the  rapid  spread  of  the  English  language 
in  the  Association,  authority  was  conferred  upon  each 
annual  conference  to  organize  within  its  bounds  when- 
ever it  may  be  deemed  advisable,  an  English  confer- 
ence, to  consist  of  ten  or  more  English  preachers.  The 
membership  of  the  entire  Evangelical  Association  at 
this  time  was  13,0TO,  distributed  among  the  conferences 
as  follows  :  East  Pa.,  4,372  ;  AVest  Pa.,  4,508  ;  Ohio, 
4,190.  The  old  conference  record  thus  far  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  was  set  apart  as  a 
record  for  the  proceedings  of  the  General  Conference 
only,  to  be  kept  in  custody  by  the  book  establishment. 


1844. 

The  Fifth  {Z^th)  Anmial  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Fred.  Danner. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Wm.  Mintz. 

The  Conference  met  in  the  Evangelical  meeting- 
house at  Orwigsburg,  Pa.,  Feb.  28th,  1844,  and  con- 
tinued in  session  until  March  8th.  H.  Saner  located 
on  account  of  bodily  infirmities  and  C.  Holl  on  account 
of  family  concerns.     C.  Hesser  had  died  during  the 


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year.  H.  Bucks  was  elected  Presiding  Elder.  0. 
Meyers  and  S.  ISTeitz  were  ordained  Elders;  J.  C.  Farns- 
worth,  T.  Steck,  and  D.  K.  Micsse,  Deacons.  It  was 
resolved  that  for  sufficient  reasons  Wm.  Schmidt  shall 
be  ordained  Deacon  in  the  interim  of  the  sessions.  The 
following  wei-e  newly  received  on  trial:  Martin  Laner, 
Abraham  Shultz,  John  Bush,  John  Eckert,  Samuel 
Spohn,  Daniel  Wieand,  and  John  G.  Marquardt.  The 
bishops  and  the  presiding  elders  stationed  the  preachers. 
The  following  committees  were  appointed :  On  Finance, 
M.  F.  Maize,  W.  Mintz,  and  W.  L.  Reber;  To  Audit 
Accounts  of  Missionaries, — M.  F.  Maize,  H.  Bucks,  and 
Jacob  Saylor;  To  Examine  Manuscripts  for  Publica- 
tion,— J.  P.  Leib  and  J.  M.  Saylor. 

F.  Ivrecker  was  appointed  to  make  abstracts  of  the 
proceedings  of  former  sessions  of  this  Conference 
recorded  in  the  old  conference  book  and  to  tran- 
scribe them  into  a  new  one.  H.  Buck  was  appointed  to 
report  the  proceedings  of  this  session  to  the  Chrlstliche 
Botschafter.  The  Conference  paid  a  bill  of  $8.00  for 
accidental  damages  to  a  team  used  by  the  brethren,  H. 
Fisher,  C.  Hesser,  M.  F.  Maize,  and  J.  M.  Saylor,  on 
their  way  to  the  recent  General  Conference  session. 
[From  this  accident  C.  Hesser  had  sustained  injuries 
with  fatal  results.] 

The  brethren  agreed  that  in  the  future,  gifts  received 
are  not  to  be  charged  as  salary. 


BOUNDARIES. 


Reading,  Pa.,  and  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  were  taken  up  as 
missions.  Two  new  circuits  were  formed,  called  re- 
spectively Northampton  and  Dauphin ;  the  former    to 


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consist  of  parts  of  Milford  and  Lehigh  circuits  ;  the 
latter  to  comprise  parts  of  Lebanon  and  Lancaster  cir- 
cuits.    Pinegrove  station  was  annexed  to  Lebanon  Cir. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District  — H.  Fislier, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— D.  Berger. 
Milford  Cir.— J.  C.  Faruswortli  and  W. 

L.  Reber. 
Northampton  Cir.— C.  Hummel  and  G. 

C.  Schmidt. 
Lehigh  Cii-.- F.  Hoffman. 
Monroe  Cir.— G.  T.  Haine.s. 
Womelsdorf  Cir. — F.   Banner  and  F. 

Scharfe. 
New  York  :Miss.— M.  F.  Maize. 
Germantowu  Miss.— F.  Krecker. 
Reading  Miss.- J.  M.  Saylor. 

Harrisbubg  District— ff.  Buclcs,  P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— John  Sense!  and  Abr. 

Shultz. 
Lebanon  Cir.— S.  Neitz  and  J.  G.  Bush. 


Dauphin  Cir.  —  Jacob  Saylor  and  T. 

Steck. 
Lykons  Cir.— J.  Kramer  and  E.  Bast. 
Pottsville  Sta.— \V.   Heim. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib. 

Mohawk  District— TT.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Mohawk    Cir.  —  S.   Miesse  and   Micli. 

Sindlinger. 
Jefferson  Cir. — M.  Eis. 
Lake  Cir.  -G.  Ramige  and  J.  Raus. 
Syracuse  Miss.— Jacob  Riegel. 

Niagara  District— jV.  Lehn,  P.  E. 
Dansville  Cir.— J.  Dareich. 
Buffalo  Cir.— D.  Fisher. 
Buffalo  Sta.— J.  Burkert. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— T.  Schneider. 
Waterloo  Cir. — J.  Kehr  and  M.  Lauer. 


1845. 

The  SixtJi  (S8t/i)  Annual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Long. 

Secretary^  William  Mintz. 

Assistant  Secretaries.,  F.  Danner  and  F.  Krecker. 

The  members  of  Conference  assembled  in  the  Im- 
mannel  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  26th,  1845. 
M.  Edel  resigned  his  license  as  local  preacher.  Jacob 
Saylor  located  on  account  of  family  con(terns.  A 
preacher  was  deposed  from  the  ministry  for  unchristian 
conduct,  Daniel  Focht,  a  local  preacher,  died  during 
the  year.  The  following  committees  were  appointed : 
On  Finance, — J.  M.  Saylor,  M.  F.  Maize,  and  W. 
Mintz;  On  Books,— J.  P.  Leib  and  J.  M.  Saylor. 


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The  following  business  rules  were  adopted:  1st, 
The  members  of  the  Conference  shall  retain  the  seats, 
chosen  at  the  opening  of  the  session,  during  the  entire 
session.  2d,  Any  one  wishing  to  speak  shall  rise.  In 
case  more  than  one  should  address  the  Chair  at  the  same 
time,  the  Bishop  shall  decide  who  is  entitled  to  speak. 
3d,  No  one  shall  be  interrupted  while  speaking,  except 
in  case  of  a  misappreliension  of  the  sul)ject  before  Con- 
ference, or  in  case  he  presents  anything  out  of  order, 
and  then  only  when  so  decided  by  the  president  or  by  a 
majority  of  the  members  of  Conference.  4th,  All  re- 
marks concerning  others  shall  be  made  in  the  spirit  of 
brotherly  love. 

Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  Jacob  Dareich  and 
Samuel  Miesse ;  Deacons'  orders  to  W.  L.  Rel)er,  G. 
C.  Schmidt,  F.  Scharfe,  Theobald  Schneider,  E.  Bast, 
and  D.  W.  Krissinger.  Keuben  Deisher  and  Christo- 
phel  Yeakel  were  newly  received  on  trial.  The  follow- 
ing were  received  into  the  itinerancy:  J.  G.  Marquardt, 
J.  Eckert,  D.  Wieand,  and  C.  HolL  The  Conference 
ordered  the  preachers  in  charge  to  procjure  suitable 
class-books  in  which  the  quarterly  contributions  for  the 
preacher's  salary  are  to  be  recorded,  the  money  to  be 
paid  to  the  preacher  at  each  Quarterly  Conference. 
The  book  committee  was  instructed  to  print  English 
and  German  marriage  certiticates,  and  to  have  the  large 
and  the  small  alphabet  and  the  a,  h,  abs  printed  on  card 
boards.  The  preacliers  were  instructed  to  organize 
missionary  auxiliaiies  at  each  appointment. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Pinegrove  and  the  Upper  portion  of  Dauphin   Cir. 


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were  formed  into  Daupliin  Cir.  Germantown  Miss, 
and  the  lower  portions  of  Milford  and  Northampton 
circuits  were  organized  into  Germantown  Cir.  Or- 
wio's!)nrg  Cir.  and  Schnvlkill  Haven  Sta.  were  formed 
into  Schnvlkill  Cir.  Lykens  Cir.  wa?  divided  into  two 
cii'cnits,  the  one  to  retain  the  name  of  Lykens  and  the 
other  to  be  cilled  Mahantongo.  Millerstown,  Kutz- 
town,  and  Hefners  were  added  to  Milford  Cir.  A  mis- 
sion was  located  in  Albany,  IST.  Y. 

CHUKCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  brethren  H.  Fisher  and  J.  M.  Saylor  were  in- 
structed to  act  according  to  their  discretion  with  refer- 
ence to  the  completion  of  the  chnrrh  bnilding  in  the 
city  of  Heading,  Pa. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia     District  —  He  nr  y 

Fisher,  P.  E 
Philatlelphia  Sta.— D.  Berger. 
Germantown  Cir.— C.  Meyers  and  J. 

Eckert. 
mUford  Cir.— J.  Farnsworth  and  G.  C. 

Smith. 
Northampton   Cir.— E.    Bast    and    A. 

Shnltz. 
lehigU  Cir.— P.  Hoffman. 
Monroe  Cir. — C.  Ilummel. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— F.  Banner,  T.  Stecli. 
Hew  Yorlv  Miss.— M.  F.  Maize. 
Keading  Miss.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Harbisburg  District— //(^«ri/  Bucks, 

P.  E. 
Lancaster  Cir.— W.  L.   Reber   and  C. 

Holl. 
Lebanon   Cir.  —  J.    P.    Leib    and    D. 

Wieand. 
Baupliin  Cir.— F.  Kreclcer. 


Lykens  Cir.— J.  Kramer  and  M.  Sind- 

linger. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— J.  Sensel. 
Pottsville  Sta.— Wm.  Heim. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— Geo.  T.  Haines  and  F. 

Scharfe. 

Mohawk  District— THrt.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Mohawk  Cir.— S.  Miesse  andM.  Lauer. 
Jefferson  Cir.— M.  Eis. 
Lake  Cir.— G.  Kamige  and  Jac.  Burk- 

hart. 
Syracuse  Miss. -Jac.  Riegel. 
Albany  Miss.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Niagara  District— Jf.  Lehn,  P.  E. 
Dansville  Cir.— T.  Schneider. 
Buffalo  Cir.— D.  Fisher. 
Buffalo  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— J.  Dareich. 
Waterloo  Cir.  —  J.    Kehr   and   J.  G. 
Boscb. 


112  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1846. 

1846. 

The  Seventh  (39th)  Annual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Frederick  Danner. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  F.  Ivrecker  and  C.  Hummel. 

The  session  of  1846  was  opened  on  February  25th, 
in  the  Evangelical  meeting-house  at  Schuylkill  Haven, 
Pa.  The  following  additional  business  rules  were 
adopted :  1st,  During  the  daily  sessions  all  private 
business  and  conversations  are  strictly  prohibited.  2d, 
!No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  speak  nijre  than  twice 
npon  the  same  subject  without  permission  from  the 
president. 

A  local  preacher  was  relieved  of  liis  office  on  account 
of  imbecility.  G.  C.  Schmidt  located  on  account  of 
bodily  infirmities.  Jacob  Burkhart  withdrew  from  the 
Conference  in  order  to  connect  himself  with  the  Ohio 
Conference.  H.  Fisher  was  re-elected,  and  J.  M.  Say- 
lor  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder.  J. 
Burkhart,  J.  C.  Farnsworth,  and  D.  Fisher  were 
ordained  Elders ;  M.  Lauer,  A.  Shultz,  J.  G.  Bosch,  J. 
Eckert,  and  J.  G.  Marquardt,  Deacons.  The  following 
were  newly  received  on  trial  :  Franklin  Dotterer,  John 
Koehl,  Jacob  Gross,  and  Philip  Miller.  The  brethren, 
F.  Dotterer,  R.  Deisher,  J.  Koehl,  Jacob  Gross,  and  P. 
Miller  were  received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  confer- 
ence claimants  were  :  J.  Schnerr,  W.  Heim,  and  the 
family  of  C.  Hesser. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed :  On 
Finance, — J.  M.  Saylor,  M.  F.  Maize,  and  F.  Danner ; 
On  Books, — H.  Fisher  and  H.  Bucks  ;  Examiners, — 
W.  Mintz,  H.  Fisher,  and  H.  Bucks. 


1846.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      113 

It  was  resolved  that  this  Conference  recognizes  the 
work  of  the  American  Tract  Society  as  universally  use- 
ful. Each  preacher  in  charge  was  instrucred  to  report 
at  tlie  next  session  the  number  of  Sunday -schools, 
teachers,  scliolars,  and  the  volumes  in  the  Sunda}^- 
school  lihraries,  on  his  field  of  labor.  Tlie  Conference 
granted  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Alhany  (N.  Y.)  Mis- 
sion a  donation  of  twenty  dollars  for  the  purchase  of 
books.  It  was  resolved  that  in  case  charges  be  pre- 
ferred against  a  pi-eacher  at  Conference,  it  shall  be  done 
in  liis  presence. 

The  Conference  decided  that  the  interest  money 
accruing  from  the  Custer  bequest  is  to  be  distributed 
among  the  superannuated  preachers  and  their  families 
residing  in  Pennsylvania.  It  was  also  resolved  that  the 
conference  collection  taken  on  each  charge  at  the  close 
of  the  year  is  to  be  added  to  the  general  contributions 
for  salary,  and  that  the  expense  of  feeding  the  preachers' 
horses  during  each  annual  session  shall  be  added  to  the 
traveling  expenses  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  first  Monday  after  Whitsuntide  was  appointed 
as  a  day  of  prayer  and  fasting  throughout  the  bounds 
of  the  Conference. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Philalelphii  and  Harrisburg  districts  were  divided 
into  three,  to  be  known  as  the  Philidglphia,  Lebanon, 
and  Orwigsburg  districts.  A  mission  was  located  in  the 
city  of  Lancaster.  Ths  nams  of  Monroe  Cir.  was 
changed  to  Carbon.  Pinegrove  and  vicinity  were  taken 
from  Dauphin  Cir.  and  formed  into  a  separate  field. 


lu 


EVANGELICAL    LAJSTDMAKKS. 


[1847. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— J.  Jf.  Sayloi; 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 
Germantown  Cir.— J.   C.    Farnsworth 

and  D.  Wieand. 
Northampton  Cir.— E.  Bast  and  F.  Dot- 

terer. 
Milford  Cir.— C.  IIoll  and  J.  Koehl. 
Lehigh  Cir.— J.  Kramer. 
New  York  Miss.— C.  Meyers. 

Lebanon  District- fle«?'y  Bucks,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Cir. — G.  T.   Haines   and  M. 

Lauer. 
Lancaster  Cir.  —  F.  Danner   and  M. 

Sindlinger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— T.  Steck. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— A.  Shultz. 
Reading  Miss. — D.  Berger. 
Lancaster  Miss.— W.  L.  Reber. 

Orwigsburg  District— if.  Fis?ie>\P.JS. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— M.  F.   Maize  and  R. 

Deisher. 
Lykens  Cir  —J.  Sensel  and  F.  Scharfe. 
MahantongoCir. — J.  G.  Bosch. 
Pottsville  Sta.— J.  p.  Leib. 
Pinegrove  Cir. — P.  Krecker. 
Carbon  Cir. — C.  Hummel. 

Mohawk  District— IFm.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Mohawk  Cir.— M.  Eis  and  J.  Eckert. 
Jefferson  Cir.  —J.  Kehr. 
Lake  Cir. — Jacob  Riegel  and  P.  Miller. 
Syracuse  Miss.— Samuel  Miesse. 
Albany  Miss.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Niagara  District- -J/.  Lehn,  P.  E. 
Dansville  Cir.— G.  Ramige. 
Buffalo  Cir.— T.  Schneider. 
Buffalo  Sta.- S.  Neitz. 
Black  Creek  Cir. — J.  Dareich. 
Waterloo  Cir. — D.   Fisher  and  Jacob 
Gross. 


1847. 

The  Eighth  {4:0th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary,  Trancis  Hoffman. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  F.  Krecker  and  S.  Neitz. 

The  eighth  annual  session  of  the  East  Pennsylvania 
Conference  was  opened  in  onr  Evangelical  meeting-house 
in  Fayette  Twp.,  Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  Feb.  23d,  1847, 
and  continued  until  Wednesday,  Mar.  3d.  The  follow- 
ing committees  were  appointed  r  On  "Worship, — W. 
Mintz,  J.  Riegel,  and  H.  Fisher;  On  Finance, — J,  M. 
Saylor,  F.  Danner,  and  M.  Lehn;  On  Conference 
Claiinants,— H.  Bucks,  H.  Fisher,  and  J.  M.  Saylor; 
On  Books, — H.  Fisher  and  H.  Bucks. 


1847.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE,  115 

A  preacher  on  trial  and  a  local  preaclier  were  de- 
posed from  the  ministry  and  expelled  from  the  Associa- 
tion for  unchristian  conduct.  Philip  Miller  lociated  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities.  J.  P.  Leib  took  a  super- 
annuated relation.  Wm.  Mintz  and  M.  Lehn  were  re- 
elected and  Jacob  JRiegel,  newly  elected  to  the  office  of 
Presiding  Elder.  Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  E. 
Bast,  F.  Scharfe,  T.  Schneider,  and  W.  L.  Reber ; 
Deacons'  orders,  to  D.  Wieand  and  Joseph  Gross.  The 
following  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on  trial: 
Cornelius  Loos,  Jacob  Adams,  Levi  Jacoby,  and  Jacob 
Wagner.  The  brethren,  L.  Jacoby,  J.  Wagner,  C. 
Loos,  J.  Adams,  S.  Gaumer,  and  Jos.  Gross  were 
received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  superannuated 
prea(;hers  were  J.  Schnerr  and  J.  P.  Leib;  widow  and 
orphans.  Sister  Hesser  and  children. 

Bishop  Long,  H.  Fisher,  and  F.  Hoffman  were  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  a  resolution  with  reference  to  secret 
societies.  They  reported  the  following,  which  was 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  General  Confer- 
ence the  enactment  of  a  law  forbidding  any  preacher  or 
lay  member  to  join  a  secret  society.  By  secret  societies 
we  mean  all  sworn  associations  which  bind  themselves 
by  an  oath  and  have  secret  signs  by  which  the  members 
recognize  each  other.  Futhermore,  this  Conference  ad- 
vises all  our  preachers  and  members  not  to  unite  with 
any  society  in  which  it  becomes  necessary  to  mingle 
with  worldly  associations  and  to  take  part  in  meaning- 
less and  senseless  mummeries.  Such  associations  are 
contrary  to  the  Word  of  God,  causing  great  offence  and 
proving  dangerous  to  a  christian. 


116  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1847. 

The  following  were  elected  delegfites  to  the  General 
Conference:  W.  Mintz,  H.  Bucks,  Jacob  Riegel,  M. 
Lehn,  H.  Fisher,  J.  M.  Saylor,  F.  Danner,  F.  Hoffman, 
J.  Kehr,  M.  Eis,  D.  Fisher,  and  J.  P.  Leib.  The 
alternates  were:  C.  Hummel,  J.  Kramer,  and  F. 
Krecker.  The  second  Friday  in  September  was  ap- 
pointed as  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  throughout  the 
bounds  of  the  Conference. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Mohawk  and  Niagara  districts  were  divided  into  three 
districts  to  be  known  respectively  as  Canada,  Buffalo, 
and  Albany  districts.  A  part  of  Northampton  Cir.  was 
added  to  Lehigh  and  a  part  of  Carbon  Cir.  to  North- 
ampton. Dauphin  Cir.  was  annexed  to  Lebanon  Cir. 
Reading  Miss,  was  discontinued;  Berne  and  vicinity 
were  annexed  and  the  entire  field  called  Reading  Cir. 
Orwigsburg  and  Schuylkill  Haven  w^ere  formed  into 
two  separate  circuits.  Pottsville  was  made  a  station, 
and  Pinegrove  Cir.  was  annexed  to  Mahantongo  Cir.,  the 
whole  to  be  known  as  Pinegrove  Cir.  A  part  of 
Waterloo  Cir.  was  organized  into  Home  Cir. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— J^.  iV/.  Saylor, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 
Germaiitown   Cir.  —  E.    Bast  and    S. 

Gauraer. 
Northampton  Cir.  —  J.  C.  Farnsworth 

and  Joseph  Gross. 
Lehigh     Cir.  —J.     Kramer    and    D. 

Wieand. 
Milford  Cir.— C.  Holl  and  C.  Looa. 
New  York  Miss.  — C.  Meyers. 

Lebanon  District— ffpw)'?/  Bucks,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Cir.  —  C.  Hummel  and  R. 
Deisher. 


Lancaster   Cir.  —  F.    Danner   and  J. 

Koehl. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.  —  A.   Shultz  and  M. 

SiQdlinger. 
Reading  Cir.— D.  Berger. 
Lancaster  Miss.- J.  Eckert. 

Orwigsburg  District— ff.  Fisher,P.E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— W.  L.  Reber. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— M.  F.  Maize. 
Pottsville  Stu.— S.  Neitz. 
Lykens  Cir.— J.  Sensel  and  Wm.  Helm. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— G.  T.   Haines  and  J. 

Adams. 
Carbon  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 


1847.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


117 


Canada  District— J//f?/.  Le?in,  P.  E. 
Black  Creek  Cir.— J.  <i.  Bosch. 
Waterloo  Cir.— D.  Fisher. 
Home  Cir.— T.  Schneider. 

Buffalo  District- ir/n.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Buffalo  Sta.— M.  Eis. 
Buffalo  Cir.— F.  Scharfe  and  J.  Wagner. 
Dansville  Cir.— J.  Dareich. 


Lake  Cir. — S.  Miesse  and  L.  Jacoby. 

Albany  District— ./(K'o'j  Rit^c/cl,  P.  E. 
Mohawk  Cir.— G.  Uaniige  and  Jacob 

Gross. 
Jefferson  Cir.— J.  Kehr. 
Syracuse  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 
Albany  Miss.— M.Lauer. 


1847. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents^  Bishops  J.  Seybert  and  J.  Long. 

Secretary.,  W.  W.  Orwig, 

Assistant  Secretaries,  F.  Hoffman,  J.  G.  Zinser,  and 
A.  B.  Shaeffer. 

The  regular  quadrennial  session  of  the  General  Con- 
ference- was  held  in  our  Evangelical  meeting-house  at 
New  Berlin,  Union  Co.,  Pa.  The  session  began  on 
"Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  September,  1847. 
Both  bishops  and  forty-five  delegates  were  present. 
These  delegates  represented  the  East  Pa.,  the  West  Pa., 
the  Ohio,  and  the  Illinois  conferences.  Charges  were 
preferred  against  two  delegates  for  living  at  variance 
with  each  other,  and  for  misconduct  in  office.  After 
spending  nearly  live  days  in  an  investigation,  the  Con- 
ference reproved  them  for  their  unpeaceful  conduct, 
deprived  them  of  their  rights  as  delegates,  and  disqual- 
ified them  for  re-election  to  office  at  this  session.  The 
Conference  also  required  of  them  that  they  become 
reconciled,  amend  their  conduct  and  live  peaceably  here- 
after.    The  vacant  seats  were  then  filled  by  the  a,.point- 

*See  Preface  on  page  98. 


118  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1847. 

ment  of  two  other  brethren  as  delegates.  It  was 
resolved  tliat  hereafter  the  vote  be  taken  viva  voce — aye 
and  no  —  instead  of  by  a  rising  vote  as  has  been  the 
general  custom  in  our  conferences  in  the  past. 

Inasmuch  as  the  recommendation  with  reference  to 
secret  societies  was  not  presented  to  the  General  Con- 
ference in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  the  Church 
Discipline,  it  was  not  received.  It  was  resolved  that 
the  bishops  shall  be  chosen  from  among  the  delegates 
elected  to  the  General  Conference,  and  that  they  shall 
always  be  eligible  for  re-election.  Upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  West  Penna.  Conference  it  was 
resolved  that  an  English  religious  periodical  be  pub- 
lished as  soon  as  possible,  P,  Wagner,  J.  Dreisbach, 
J.  Seybert,  J.  Long,  C,  Hammer,  and  J,  M,  Saylor 
having  been  appointed  a  committee  to  designate  the 
name  and  conditions  of  this  periodical,  they  recom- 
mended among  other  things  that  it  be  called  The  Evan- 
gelical Messenger. 

The  committee  on  statistics  reported  the  total  number 
of  preachers  in  the  Evangelical  Association  as  319,  the 
total  membership,  1-1,871.  All  that  part  of  the  East 
Pa.  Conference  contained  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
with  the  exception  of  New  York  City,  and  in  Canada 
was  oi'ganized  into  a  new  conference  district,  to  be  called 
"  The  New  York  Conference^  The  Susquehanna 
Kiver  with  its  northern  branch  as  far  as  the  boundary 
line  of  the  State  of  New  York  was  adopted  as  the  west- 
ern and  northern  boundary  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 
In  accordance  with  this,  Luzerne  Mission  of  the  West 
Pa.  Conference,  but  lying  east  of  the  north  branch,  was 
transferred  to  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 


1848.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  119 

Joseph  Long-  and  John  Seybert  were  re-elected  bish- 
ops of  the  Evangelical  Association.  N.  Gehr  was 
elected  editor  of  the  hook  establishment  and  H.  Fislier 
general  book  ngent.  W.  Bersch  was  appointed  assistant 
editor.  J.  P.  Leib  was  appointed  to  serve  as  presiding 
elder  in  the  place  of  H.  Fisher  until  the  next  annual 
session  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference.  Tiie  Conference 
adopted  a  resolution  urging  every  preacher  in  charge  to 
make  diligent  efforts  to  establish  Sunday-schools  wher- 
ever practicable. 

1848. 

The  Nintli  {4t\st)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Frederick  Danner. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  F.  Krecker  and  S.  Neitz. 

The  annual  session  of  1848  was  held  in  the  Evangel- 
ical meeting-house  at  Allentown,  Pa.,  beginning  Feb. 
23d  and  closing  Mai-ch  1st.  The  following  committees 
were  appointed:  Worship, — Bishop  Seybert,  J.  M, 
Saylor,  J.  Kramer,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  W.  Mintz;  Exam- 
iners,—W.  Mintz,  H.  Fisher,  H.  Bucks,  J.  M.  Saylor, 
and  J.  Riegel. 

The  action  of  the  Quarterly  Conference  on  a  certain 
circuit  in  deposing  a  local  preacher  from  the  office  of 
the  ministry  was  approved.  J.  Kramer,  Chr.  Holl, 
Sam'l  Miesse,  G.  Ramige,  and  J.  C.  Reisner  located 
on  account  of  temporal  circumstances.  Jacob  Riegel 
located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  Emanuel 
Dieder  and  Charles  Bisse  died.  F.  Hoffman  and  J.  P. 
Leib    were   newly    elected    to   the  office   of  Presiding 


120  EVA.NGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1848. 

Elder,  after  which  the  presiding  elders  were  stationed. 
J.  G.  Bosch,  J.  Eckert,  A,  Slinltz,  J.  G.  Marquardt, 
and  M.  Lauer  were  ordained  Elders;  J.  Koehl,  S. 
Gauraer,  Jacob  Gross,  and  J.  Adams,  Deacons.  John 
Schell,  Isaac  Hess,  Noah  McLehn,  and  Davis  Ham- 
bright  were  newly  received  on  trial.  The  following 
were  received  into  the  itinerancy:  N.  McLehn,  D. 
Hambright,  J.  Schell,  and  I.  Hess.  The  superannuated 
preachers  were  J.  Schnerr  and  Jacob  Riegel.  The 
family  of  Charles  Hesser  also  received  support  from 
the  Conference. 

S.  Butz  was  appointed  trustee  of  the  Custer  legacy. 
The  New  York  Conference  was  released  from  the  mis- 
sionary debt,  and  it  was  ordered  that  the  first  meeting 
of  that  conference  he  held  on  the  last  Wednesday  in 
April,  1849,  in  Buffalo,  N,  Y.  Inasmuch  as  the  mem- 
bers of  the  West  Pa.  Conference  have  indicated  a  desire 
to  have  Luzerne  Mission  remain  within  their  conference 
bounds  therefore  resolved  that  it  be  left  to  that  confer- 
ence to  supply  the  mission  for  the  ensuing  year. 

On  Monday  forenoon  the  Conference  celebrated  the 
Lord's  Supper. 

D.  Berger,  J.  C,  Farnsworth,  and  C.  Hummel  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  laws  ujaking  the 
salaries  paid  by  the  various  charges  independent  of  each 
other.  The  committee  made  the  following  report, 
which  was  adopted  : 

1st,  A  committee  shall  be  appointed  annually  to  in- 
quire into  the  circumstances  of  the  superannuated 
preachers,  and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  min- 
isters, and  to  determine  the  amounts  which  they  are  to 
receive.     The  support  is  to  be  derived  from  that  por- 


1848.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  121 


tion  of  the  interest  accruing  from  the  Custer  legacy  to 
which  this  Conference  is  entitled  and  from  the  in- 
terest of  the  Charitable  Society  funds.  Should  this 
not  be  sufficient,  the  balance  is  to  be  taken  from  the 
profits  of  the  book  establishment.  2d,  In  case  two 
prea(;hers  serve  on  the  same  charge,  they  are  to  divide 
the  salary  ac(;ording  to  their  disciplinary  claims. 
Should  they  receive  more  than  such  claims,  tliey  are  to 
pay  the  surplus  to  the  presiding  elders.  3d,  The  pre- 
siding elders  are  entitled  to  the  collections  taken  at  the 
quarterly  meetings  and  to  one-half  of  the  collections 
taken  at  the  campmeetings  and  at  the  extra  (revival) 
meetings,  appointed  by  them.  4th,  In  case  a  presiding 
elder  receives  more  than  the  average  amount  received 
by  those  preachers  on  his  district  who  are  entitled  to 
the  highest  salaries,  he  shall  pay  the  surplus  into  the 
conference  fund.  5th,  The  bishop  was  authorized  to 
lift  collections  at  all  his  appointments,  and  in  case  he 
receives  more  than  his  allowance  in  this  Conference 
to  pay  the  surplus  into  the  conference  fund.  In  the 
event  that  he  does  not  receive  his  allowance  in  this  man- 
ner he  shall  receive  the  deficit  in  the  eame  way  as  the 
presiding  elders.  6th,  The  balance  remaining  in  the 
treasury  is  to  be  distributed  among  those  who  are  defi- 
cient in  salary. 

BOUNDARIES. 

A  part  of  Lykens  Cir.  and  a  part  of  Lebanon  Cir. 
were  formed  into  a  new  field,  to  be  called  Dauphin 
Circuit. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  presiding  elder  of  Lebanon  District   and    the 
9 


122 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1848. 


preacher  in  charge  of  Lebanon  Circuit  were  authorized 
to  deal  with  the  Stumpstown  (Fi-edericksburg)  Church 
according  to  their  discretion,  with  this  proviso,  how- 
ever, that  they  shall  not  be  allowed  to  sell  a  part  of  the 
church  to  any  other  denomination. 

Nine  charges  reported  the  following  Sunday-school 

statistics : 

Schools.  Teachers.  Scholars. 

Philadelphia  Sta 1  24  200 

German! own  Cir 2  10  70 

Lehigh  Cir 6  62  263 

New  York  Sta 1  19  50 

Lancaster  Cir 1  10  50 

Reading  Sta 1  31  150 

Schuylkill  Haven  Cir....  3  25  200 

Pottsville  Sta 1  10  45 

Carbon  Cir 3  20  85 

Total 19  211  1,113 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— F.  Hoffman, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 
Germantown  Cir.— D.  Wieand  and  J. 

Schell. 
Northampton  Cir.— M.  Sindlinger  and 

1.  Iless. 
Lehigh  Cir.— H.  Bucks  and  N.  McLehn. 
Milford  Cir.— J.  C.  Reisner  and  C.  Loos. 
New  York  Sta.— L).  Berger. 

Lebanon  District— J.  P.  Leih,  P.  E. 

Lebanon  Cir.  —  C.  Hummel  and  R. 
Deisher. 

Lancaster  Cir.— A.  Shultz  and  D.  Ham- 
bright. 


Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  Meyers  and  Jos. 

Gross. 
Reading  Sta.— W.  Heim. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  Sensel. 
Lancaster  Miss.— F.  Danner. 

Orwigsburg  District— y^.  M.  Saylor, 

P.E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— E.  Bast. 
Pottsville  Sta.— M.  F.  Maize. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— J   Farnsworth  and  J. 

Adams. 
Lykens    Cir.  —  W.    L.    Reber   and   J. 

Koehl. 
Carbon  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 


1849.] 


THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


123 


THE    NEW    YORK    CONFERENCE. 

(Organized  at  the  recent  session  of  the  General  Conference.) 


Canada  District— >/.  Lehn,  P.  E. 
Black  Creek  Cir. — Jacoh  Gross. 
Waterloo  Cir.  —  T.  Schneider  and  J. 

Wagner. 
Home  Cir. — To  be  supplied. 
Buffalo  District— W.  Mintz,  P.  E. 
Buffalo  Sta.— Mich.  Eis. 
Buffalo  Cir.— F.  Scharfe  and  Levi  Ja- 

coby. 


Lake  Cir.— D.  Fisher  and  S.  Gaumer. 
Dansville  Cir.— [Not  supplied]. 

:Mohawk  District— J^ac.  Kehr,  P.  E. 
Mohawk  Cir.— J.  G.  Bosch. 
Jefferson  Cir.— J.  Dareich. 
Syracuse  Sta.— J.  G.  Alarquardt. 
Albany  Miss.- M.  Lauer. 


1849. 

The   Tenth  (42cZ)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  Joseph  Long. 

Secretary,  Frederick  Danner. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  F.  Krecker  and  S.  Neitz. 

On  the  seventh  of  March,  1849,  the  members  of  the 
East  Pa.  Conference  assembled  in  our  Evangelical 
meeting  house  at  Reading,  Pa.,  and  continued  in  session 
until  March  12th.  The  following  committees  were  ap- 
pointed :  On  Worship,— J.  P.  Leib,  J.  M.  Saylor,  F. 
Hoffman,  and  "W.  Heim ;  On  Finance, — M.  F.  Maize, 
"W.  L.  Heber,  and  J.  C.  Farnsworth ;  Examiners, — 
not  named. 

An  elder  was  deposed  from  the  ministry  for  immoral 
conduct,  but  was  retained  as  a  member  of  the  church  for 
six  montlis  on  probation.  S.  Neitz  rested  one  year  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities.  J.  Schnerr  died  during 
the  time  of  the  session.  M.  Sindlinger  and  D.  Wieand 
were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder ;  C.  Loos  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.  F.  L.  Stoever  and  D.  Shultz  were 
received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  following  received 
license    as  local   preachers:     Lewis    Snyder,    Fred.  L. 


124  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1849. 

Stoever,  Henry  Kletzinger,  and  George  Knerr.  F.  L. 
Stoever  was  newly  received  on  trial.  The  widows  and 
orphans  of  deceased  preachers  are  the  families  of  C. 
Hesser  and  J.  Schnerr.  It  was  resolved  that  the  pre- 
siding elders  shall  have  their  full  support.  In  case, 
however,  they  do  not  ohtain  their  full  salary,  they  are 
to  receive  an  equal  share  with  the  other  preachers. 

The  General  Conference  of  1847  having  ordered  that 
the  founding  of  an  educational  institution  in  the  church 
shall  be  decided  by  the  votes  of  the  people  throughovit 
the  Evangelical  Association,  the  vote  taken  in  the  East 
Pa.  Conference  resulted  in  501  for,  and  852  against 
such  an  educational  project. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Harrisburg  and  a  part  of  Dauphin  Cir.  were  consti- 
tuted a  mission.  Tamaqiia  was  made  a  mission.  All 
the  appointments  of  Pinegrove  Cir.  north  of  the  Broad 
Mountain  were  annexed  to  Mahantongo  Cir. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

It  was  resolved  that  contributions  be  solicited  through 
the  Ghr.  JBotschafter  for  the  erection  of  a  church  in 
Lancaster,  Pa.  J.  P.  Leib,  D.  Berger,  Dr.  Mellinger, 
F.  Danner,  and  Josepli  Gross  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  superintend  the  erection  of  said  church. 

MEMORIAL. 

Jacob  Schnerr  fell  asleep,  happy  in  the  Lord,  on 
Mar.  10th,  1849.  For  a  number  of  years  he  labored  in 
the  Master's  vineyard  with  great  blessing,  and  through 
his  instrumentality  many  were  saved.  May  his  body 
rest  in  peace  until  the  great  day  of  the  resurrection ! 


1850.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


125 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— F.  Hoffman, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Hummel. 
Germantown  Clr.— P.  Krecker  and  F. 

L.  Stoever. 
Milford  Cir.— W.  L.  Reber  and  N.  Mc- 

Lehn. 
Lehigh  Cir.— H.  Bucks  and  .L  Eckert. 
Northampton  Cir.— D.   Wieand  and  I. 

Hess. 
New  York  Sta, — C.  Loos. 

Lebanon  District—./.  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Cir.— W.  Heim  and  J.  Adams. 
Lancaster  Cir.  —  Jos.    Gross    and  J. 

Schell. 
Chester  Cir.— D.  Hambright. 


Womelsdorf  Cir.  —  J.  Sensel   and  F. 

Danuer. 
Reading  Sta.— Chas.  Meyers. 
Lancaster  Miss.— D.  Berger. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— Jacob  Farnsworth. 

Orwigsbuhg  District—./.  M.  Saylor, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— E.  Bast. 
Pottsville  Sta.— M.  F.  Maize. 
*Pinegrove  Cir.— To  be  supplied. 
Lykens  Cir.— J.  Koehl  and  S.  Gaumer. 
Carbon  Cir.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— A.  Shultz  and  Jacob 

Gross. 
Tamaqua  Miss.— D.  Shultz. 


1850. 

The  Eleventh  {4:3d)  Annuai  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Fred.  Danner. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  Henry  Bucks  and  Christian 
Meyers. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  convened  in  anmial  session 
in  the  Emanuel  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February 
27th,  1850.  F.  Krecker  was  appointed  to  record  the 
proceedings  in  the  English  language.  The  business 
rules  of  1845  were  adopted. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed :  On 
Worship,— J.  P.  Leib  J.  M.  Saylor,  F.  Hoffman,  and 


•H.  Fisher  had  resigned  as  general  book  agent  and  was  appointed  to  Pinegrove 
Clr.  Inasmuch,  however,  as  the  West  Penna.  Conference  found  it  difficult  to 
supply  his  place,  at  the  request  of  the  bishop  and  of  that  conference  he  consented 
to  resume  the  position  of  book  agent. 


126  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1850. 


C.  Hummel ;  On  Finance,— M.  F.  Maize,  W.  L.  Eeber, 
and  E.  Bast ;  To  Audit  Accounts, — F.Hoffman  and  M. 
Sindlinger. 

M.  F.  Maize  and  John  Eel^ert  received  permission  to 
rest  for  a  period  in  order  to  regain  their  health.  D. 
Berber  and  C.  Loos  located.  Fred.  L.  Stoever  died 
during  the  past  year.  Joseph  Gross,  S.  Gaumer, 
Jacob  Gross,  J.  Adams,  and  J.  Koehl  were  ordained  to 
the  office  of  Elder.  N.  McLehn,  D.  Hambright,  J. 
Schell,  and  Isaac  Hess,  to  the  otKce  of  Deacon. 
A.  Ziegenfus  received  license.  Tlie  following  were 
received  into  the  itinerancy:  Henry  Bisse,  An- 
drew Ziegenfus,  George  Knerr,  and  Reuben  Deisher. 
The  Conference  elected  F.  Danner  Presiding  Elder. 
F.  Hoffman  was  appointed  to  preach  the  confer- 
ence sermon  at  the  opening  of  the  next  annual 
session.  M.  F.  Maize,  J.  P.  Leib,  D.  Saylor,  Jacob 
Hammer,  and  John  Hammer  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  ascertain  whether  the  public  buildings  at 
Orwif^sbura:,  Pa.,  made  vacant  by  the  removal  of  the 
county  seat  to  Pottsville,  can  be  procured  for  our  con- 
templated institution  of  learning.  The  committee  was 
instructed  to  report  at  the  next  annual  session. 

The  Conference  passed  a  resolution  recommending  to 
the  General  Conference  the  adoption  of  a  law  requiring 
a  six  months'  probation  in  the  reception  of  persons  into 
the  church.  Another  recommendation  to  introduce  a 
law  permitting  a  preacher  to  locate  on  account  of  tem- 
poral circumstances  was  adopted.  The  Conference  ap- 
pointed J.  M.  Saylor,  S.  Neitz,  and  C.  Hummel  to 
examine  junior  preachers  in  their  studies  at  the  next 
annual  session,  the  examination  to  take  place  on  tlie 


1850.]         THE    EAST    PBNIsrSYLVx\NIA    CONFERENCE.  127 

Tuesday  afternoon  previous  to  the  opening  of  the  Con- 
ference. 

H.  Bucks,  C.  Hummel,  and  F.  Krecker  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  prepare  resohitions  with  refer- 
ence to  the  estahlishment  of  a  mission  in  Germany. 
They  made  the  following  repoit,  which  was  adopted: 
Dear  Brethren: — Inasmuch  as  we  have  been  permitted, 
throngh  the  gracious  Providence  of  God,  to  see  the 
middle  of  the  first  century  of  our  existence  as  a  Church, 
and  inasmuch  as  many  of  our  preachers,  as  well  as 
members,  consider  themselves  debtors  to  their  brethren 
according  to  the  flesh  in  the  old  Fatherland,  and  have 
therefore  expressed  the  wish  that  a  mission  might  be 
established  in  Germany,  and  have  also  declared  a  will- 
ingness to  support  such  a  mission;  we  believe  that  God 
has  given  us  indications  that  the  time  has  come  for  us 
to  begin  to  labor  there,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  day  is  probably  not  far  distant  when  the  fol- 
lowers of  Rationalism  and  those  holding  Orthodox 
views  will  hold  separate  assemblies  for  worship,  and 
because  many  uf  our  friends  and  relatives  living  in  Ger- 
many are  still  found  in  the  path  of  erroi'.  We  also  have 
reason  to  believe  that  by  the  establishing  of  a  mission 
in  Germany,  and  by  a  more  intimate  acquaintnnce  with 
those  of  Orthodox  views,  we  as  a  chureh  will  become 
more  active  and.  useful  in  the  kingdom  of  God ;  there- 
fore be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  Conference  the  fol- 
lowing: 1st,  That  in  case  the  necessary  support  be 
forthcoming,  and  suitable  men  be  found,  we  as  a  Con- 
ference favor  the  establishing  of  a  mission  in  Germany ; 
2d,  That  we  request  our  sister  conferences  to  co-oper- 


i2S  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1850. 

ate  with  us  in  carrying  out  this  undertaking,  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner :  {a),  That  each  of  the  Annual  Con- 
ferences choose  one  man,  and  these  men  chosen  by  the 
different  conferences,  together  with  the  bishops,  shall 
constitute  a  board  which  shall  make  all  necessary 
arrangements  for  the  establishment  of  a  mission  in  case 
it  be  found  practicable ;  (b,)  That  as  soon  as  the  bishops 
consider  the  carrying  out  of  the  project  feasible,  sub- 
scriptions shall  be  opened  in  our  church  periodicals,  and 
money  received  for  said  object;  (c,)  That  each  preacher 
in  charge  is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  money  for 
this  purpose  and  forward  the  same  to  the  Treasurer  of 
our  Parent  Missionary  Society.  Upon  the  adoption  of 
the  above  report  J.  P.  Leib  was  elected  to  represent 
this  Conference  in  the  afore-mentioned  board.  The  Con- 
ference ordered  that  the  present  year  be  observed  as  a 
year  of  jubilee  in  the  churches,  and  appointed  M.  F. 
Maize,  F.  Krecker,  and  W.  L.  Reber  a  committee  to 
draft  a  plan.  The  committee  repoi-ted  the  following 
which  was  adopted : 

Heloved  Brethren!  Inasmuch  as  the  present  year 
closes  the  first  half  of  the  first  century  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Association,  and  inasmuch  as  the  Lord  has  so 
richly  blessed  the  church  throughout  and  has,  in  spite 
of  all  opposition,  enlarged  her  borders  and  multiplied  her 
numbers,  therefore,  this  Conference  recommends  to  all 
the  preachers  and  members  within  its  jurisdiction,  that 
the  present  year  be  celebrated  as  a  Year  of  Jubilee  and 
that  we  render  unto  the  Highest  a  special  praise  and 
thank  offering  by  the  general  observance  of  a  day  of 
thanksgiving  and  by  voluntary  contributions  for  reli- 
gious and  charitable  purposes.     We  also  entertain  the 


1850.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  129 

hope  tliat  our  sister  conferences  will  arrange  for  a  sim- 
ilar observance.     For  the  accomplishment  of  this  par- 
pose  the  committee  recommends  the  following  resolu- 
tions:     1.  That   oar  bishops   appoint   a  day   near  the 
middle  of  October  for  the  contemplated  Thanksgiving 
Day,    more    especially    because   Jacob   Albright,  the 
founder   of   our   Church,   entered  upon   his  work  as  an 
itinerant    preacher   in    that  month   of  the  year  1796. 
2.  That  public  worship  he  held  in  all  the  congregations 
embraced  within  our  conferen<;e  territory,  on  the  fore- 
noon and  evening  of  said  day.     To  this  end  the  Confer- 
ence recommends  that  all  itinerant  and  local  preachers 
officiate  at  the  usual  hour  in  the  forenoon,  and  that  in 
such  congregations  and  classes  where  there  is  no  preach- 
ing,  a  prayer  meeting  be  held;  the  same  plan  to  be 
observed  in  the  evening.      3.  That  a  collection  he  lifted 
at  each  service  for  the  support  of  our  home  missions. 
4.  That  each  preacher  in  charge  shall  on  this  dny  open 
a  subscription  list — which  is  to  remain  open  until  the 
end  of  the  year — for  the  snpport  of  the  following  ob- 
jects :     (a)  For  the  erection  and  support  of  three  mis- 
sion   churches;    one    on   Harrisburg   Mission,    one    on 
Philadelphia  Mission,  and  for  the  payment  of  the  debt 
on  the  Lancaster  church,     (b)  For  the  establishment  of 
an    academy  or  institution  of  learning  for  the  young 
within  the  bounds  of  this  Conference. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Tamaqua  Mission  was  discontinued.  A  new  mission 
was  located  in  southern  Philadelphia,  to  be  known  as 
South wark  Mission.  Bethlehem  was  taken  from  Le- 
high Cir.  and  annexed  to  Northampton  Cir. 


130 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1851, 


CHURCH  AFFAIRS, 

It  was  resolved  to  erect  a  church  at  the  grave  of  Jacob 
Albright,  the  sainted  founder  of  the  Evangelical  Asso- 
ciation, the  building  to  be  40  ft.  by  60  ft.  in  size  and  to 
consist  of  two  stories.  The  Conference  ordered  that 
the  church  be  known  as  The  Albright  Churchy  erected 
in  the  -fiftieth  year  of  the  Evangelical  Association  in 
'memory  of  the  sainted  Jacoh  Albright,  founder  of  the 
Evangelical  Association  of  North  America.  J.  F.  Leib, 
J.  M.  Saylor,  and  F.  Danner  were  appointed  to  super- 
intend the  erection  of  the  building. 

The  preacher  in  charge  of  Lancaster  Mission  was  in- 
structed to  endeavor  to  carry  out  the  plan  adopted  at 
the  last  annual  session  for  the  liquidation  of  the  church 
debt  there. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— i^.  Hoffman, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Hummel. 
Philadelphia  Miss.— Wm.  Heim. 
Germantown  Cir.— F.  Krecker  and  A. 

Ziegeufus. 
Milford  Cir.— I.  Hess  and  N.  McLean. 
Lehigh  Cir.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Northampton  Cir.— H.  Bucks. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  KoeUl. 

Lebanon  District— i-^.  Danner,  P.  E. 
Lebanon    Cir.  —  A.     Schultz    and    J. 

Adams. 
Lancaster   Cir. — S.    Ganmer    and    G. 

Knerr. 
Chester  Cir.— D.  Hambright. 


Womelsdorf  Cir.— D.  Wieand   and  J. 

Sensel. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  M.  Saylor 
Lancaster  Miss. — W.  L.  Reber. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— J.  C.  Farnsworth. 

Orwigsbueg  District  —  J.   P.  Leib, 

P.E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— E.  Bast. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— C.  Meyers. 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— J.  Schcll. 
Lykens  Cir.— Joseph    Gross    and    R. 

Deisher. 
Mahantongo  Cir. — Jacob  Gross  and  H. 

Bisse. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines. 


1851. 

T/te   Ttcelfth  {-i-irth)  Annual  Session. 
President,  Bisliop  J.  Long. 


1851.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      131 

Secretary^  Fred.  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  Henry  Bucks  and  Clir.  Ilnmmel. 

The  annual  session  of  1851  was  held  in  the  Evan- 
gelical church  at  Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa.,  February  26th, 
and  continued  until  Wednesday,  March  5tli,  Bishop  J. 
Long  presiding.  In  accordance  with  a  resolution  passed 
at  the  last  session,  F.  Hoffman  preached  the  conference 
sermon  in  the  forenoon  of  the  first  day,  taking  for  his 
text  I  Pet.  v:  1-1.  W.  L.  Reber  was  appointed  to  re- 
cord and  read  the  proeeejdings  in  the  English  langu^ige. 
The  following  committees  were  appointed :  On  "Wor- 
ship,— J.  P.  Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  F.  Danner,  and  C. 
Meyers ;  On  Finance, — M.  F.  Maize,  G.  T.  Haines,  and 
E.  Bast;  On  Letters, — J.  P.  Leib,  F,  Hoffman,  and  F. 
Danner.  A  local  preacher  was  deposed  from  the  min- 
istry and  expelled  from  the  clinrch.  John  Sensel  located 
on  account  of  bodily  iniirmities.  David  Shultz  died 
during  the  past  year.  M.  F.  Maize  was  retained  in  the 
itinerancy  with  permission  to  rest.  J.  G.  Marquardt 
was  received  into  the  Conference  with  the  proviso  that 
if  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  should  send  him  to 
Germany  he  be  released  from  his  Conference  relation. 
Jesse  Young  and  G.  J.  Miller  received  license  as 
preachers  on  trial.  Tlie  following  were  received  into 
the  itinerancy :  Samuel  G.  Rhoads,  Christian  Ging- 
rich, Lewis  Snyder,  Jesse  Young,  and  Nicholas  Goebel. 
The  brethren  W.  Garret  and  H.  Bisse  were  ordained 
Deacons.  The  contributions  during  the  Year  of  Jubilee 
were  as  follows:  For  the  Philadelphia  Mission  church, 
$187.21;  Lancaster  church,  $117.99;  Harrisburg  Mis- 
sion church,  $15.79;  Home  Missions,  $100. 

The   Conference    resolved  that  when  an   unmarried 


132  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1851. 


preacher,  who  has  traveled  four  or  more  years,  receives 
an  appointment  without  giving  the  brethren  under 
whose  supervision  he  travels  due  notice  of  his  intention 
to  get  married,  he  shall  not  receive  support  for  his  wife 
during  that  year.  The  presiding  elders  were  re-ap- 
pointeil  to  their  former  districts.  Brother  Daniel 
Griel)el  having  donated  one  hundred  dollars  to  the  Con- 
ference for  the  missiimary  cause  a  resolution  of  hearty 
appreciation  was  tendered  him.  The  Conference  agreed 
to  give  to  the  bishops  a  reasonable  allowance  for  travel- 
ing expenses  in  addition  to  their  salaries.  J.  M.  Siylor 
and  J.  P.  Leib  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
all  manuscripts  offered  for  publication.  The  Bishop 
was  instructed  to  appoint  a  committee  of  examiners  and 
to  assign  to  each  the  particular  department  of  knowledge 
in  which  he  is  to  examine  junior  preachers.  He  ap- 
pointed the  following  :  J.  M.  Saylor  for  theology  and 
Bible  reading;  J.  P.  Leib, church  discipline;  F.Krecker, 
grammar  and  rhetoric  ;  and  S.  Neitz,  church  liistory, 
secular  history,  and  geography.  It  was  resolved  that 
no  preacher  who  does  not  reside  upon  his  field  of  labor 
shall  be  allowed  to  re(;eive  house  rent  from  his  circuit 
or  district  except  by  special  permission  from  the  Con- 
ference. The  Conference  requested  of  F.  Hoffman  the 
manuscript  of  his  conference  sermon  for  publication. 
S.  Neitz  was  appointed  to  preach  the  conference  ser- 
mon at  the  next  session. 

The  following  recommendations  to  General  Confer- 
ence were  considered  and  acted  upon  :  1.  To  give  the 
bishops  authority  to  transfer  a  preacher  from  one  con- 
ference to  another  provided  the  preacher  himself,  his 
presiding  elder,  and  the  presiding  eldeis  of  the  confer- 


1851.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      133 

ence  to  which  he  is  to  be  transferred  are  all  agreed  ;  17 
yeas,   16   noes.     2.  That  class  leaders  be  elected  only 
once  in  two  years;  27  yeas,  2  noes.     3.  To  introduce  a 
system  of  six  months'  probation  in  the  reception  of 
members  into  the   church,  except  in  such  cases  where 
preachers  and  (;ongregations  deem  it  more  advisable  to 
receive  persons  as  members  in  full ;  26  yeas,  3  noes. 
4.  That  such  persons  who  have  never  been  baptized  in 
the  name  of  the   Triune   God,  shall   be  baptized   at   the 
time  when  they  are  received  into  full  membership ;  22 
yeas,  7  noes.     5.  A  paragraph  concerning  secret  socie- 
ties ;  2  yeas,  27  noes.     6.  To  grant  to  a  preacher  the 
privilege  of  locating    on  account  of  temporal  circum- 
stances ;  Unanimously  no.     7.  That  our  first  Article  of 
Faith,  with  reference  to  the  Trinity  shall  leappear   in 
its  first  form  as  in  A.  D.  1S09  ;  28  yeas,  1  no.     8.  To  ap- 
point three  stewards  on  each  circuit  and  station,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  administer  tlie  temporal  affairs  of  the 
charge  with  reference  to  the  salary  of  the  preacher ;   7 
yeas,  26  noes. 

The  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the  General 
Conference  :  J.  P.  Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  S.  Neitz,  F.  Dan- 
ner,  J.  M.  Saylor,  C.  Hummel,  F.  Krecker,  M.  F. 
Maize,  H.  Bucks,  and  C.  Meyers  ;  alternates,  W.  L. 
Eeber,  G.  T.  Haines,  and  J.  C.  Farnsworth.  The 
preachers  were  instructed  to  lift  collections  on  all  fields 
of  labor  to  defray  the  traveling  expenses  of  the  dele- 
gates. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Germantown  was  taken  from  Germantown  Cir.  pro- 
vided the  stationing  committee  can  find  a  man  willing  to 
serve  for  the  salary  he  will  receive  there.     A  new  mis- 


134 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1851. 


sion  was  located  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  to  be  called 
Cecil  Mission.  A  vnission  was  located  in  the  State  of 
New  Jersey,  to  be  known  as  New  Jersey  Mission. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

E.  Bast  was  appointed  treasurer  of  the  moneys  col- 
lected for  the  erection  of  churches  upon  Philadelphia 
and  Harrisburg  districts  and  als»  of  the  money  received 
for  an  institution  of  learning.  Thomas  Seip  presented  a 
claim  of  $2,500.00  against  the  Albright  church,  where- 
upon the  Conference  appointed  a  committee  consisting 
of  J.  M.  Saylor,  M.  F.  Maize  and  A.  Shultz  with  in- 
structions to  borrow  the  sum  of  $800.00  toward  the 
payment  of  this  claim;  J.  M.  Saylor  to  act  as  treas- 
urer of  the  money  collected  for  the  church.  It  was 
resolved  that  during  the  month  of  May  next  every 
member  of  the  church  within  the  bounds  of  this  Con- 
ference shall  be  asked  to  contribute  toward  the  liquida- 
tion of  this  debt.  Thomas  Seip  having  sustained  a 
serious  financial  misfortune  during  the  building  of  the 
church  on  account  of  a  heavy  rain  storm,  the  Confer- 
ence allowed  him  an  extra  compensation  of  $300.00. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— 2''.  Hoffman, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 
Philadelphia  Miss. — J.  G.  Marquardt 
Germantown  Sta.— J.  Eokhart. 
GermantowQ  Cir.— M.  Sindlinger  and 

C.  Gingrich. 
Milford  Cir.— A.  Schultz  and  I.  Hess. 
Lehigh  Cir.— C  Hummel  and  N.  Goebel. 
Northampton  Cir.— H.   Bucks  and  A. 

Zlegenfus. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  Koehl . 
New  Jersey  Miss.— F.  Krecker. 


Lebanon  District— i^.  Banner,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Cir.  —  C.  Meyers  and  S.  G. 

Rhoads. 
Lancaster  Cir.  —  N.  McLean   and  G 

Knerr. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— D.   Wieand  and  J. 

Adams. 
Chester  Cir.— L.  Schneider. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Lancaster  Miss.- W.  L.  Reber. 
Harrisburg  Miss. — Jacob  Gross. 
Ceeil  Miss.— D.  Hambright. 


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135 


Okwigsbukg  District— J^.  P.  Leib,  P.E. 
Orwigsburg   Cir.  —  E.    Bast   and   R. 

Deisher. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— H.  Bisse. 
Potts  rille  Sta.— Joa.  Gross. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— J.  ScUell. 


LyKens  Cir.  —  J.  C.    Farnsworth  and 

Jesse  Young. 
Mahantongo  Cir.  —  W.  Heim  and  S. 

Gaumer. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines, 


1851. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents^  Bishops  J.  Seybert  and  J.  Long. 

Secretary^  Henry  Bucks. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  J.  Boas,  C.  G.  Koch,  W.  Mintz, 
and  J.  J.  Esher. 

The  members  of  General  Conference  assembled  in 
onr  Evangelical  meeting-house  near  Flat  Rot-k,  Ohio, 
on  Wednesday,  Sept.  17th,  1851.  Both  bishops  and 
fifty-five  delegates  were  in  attendance.  The  conduct 
of  the  delegates  was  investigated ;  no  charges  were  pre- 
ferred. 

Permission  was  given  to  preachers  and  congregations 
to  introduce  a  system  of  six  months'  probation  in  the 
reception  of  members  wherever  such  a  course  is  con- 
sidered more  beneficial.  The  removal  of  our  book 
establishment  from  New  Berlin  to  a  more  suitable  place 
became  a  subject  of  considerable  discussion  at  this  ses- 
sion. It  was  finally  decided  that  the  removal  shall  take 
place,  provided  the  cost  of  the  new  property  does  not 
exceed  $12,000.00  and  that  three-fourths  of  this  amount 
is  secured  by  reliable  subscriptions  prior  to  the  change. 
Cleveland,  Philadelphia,  Harrisburg,  Pittsburg,  and 
New  Berlin  were  nominated  as  suitable  places.  The 
result  of  the  ballot  was  the  selection  of  Cleveland,  O., 


136  EVAKGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1851. 

by  a  majority  of  five  votes.  The  Conference  ordered 
that  subscription  lists  be  opened  in  the  church  periodi- 
cals and  that  the  presiding  elders  and  preachers  in 
charge  throughout  the  church  be  authorized  to  solicit 
contributions  in  order  to  secure  the  stipulated  amount. 
The  Association  numbered  195  traveling  preachers, 
185  local  preachers,  and  21,179  members.  The  follow- 
ing officers  were  elected:  Bisliops,  John  Seybert  and 
Joseph  Long;  editor  of  the  Chrlstliche  Botschafter,  and 
general  book  agent,  W.  W.  Orwig;  assistant  editor,  J. 
Gr,  Zinser ;  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger,  H. 
Fisher.  John  Nicolai  was  appointed  missionary  to  Ger- 
many. A  new  conference  was  formed  and  called  The 
Pittsburg  Conference. 


1852. 

The   Thirteenth  (4:5th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  John  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Abraham  Schultz. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Christian  Meyers. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  met  in  annual  session  at 
Pinegrove,  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.,  February  25th,  1852. 
On  tlie  forenoon  of  the  first  day  S.  Neitz  preached  the 
conference  sermon  from  Matt,  iv:  17.  In  the  after- 
noon the  Bishop  opened  the  Conference  in  the  usual 
manner.  The  following  committees  were  appointed : 
On  Worship, — The  Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and 
the  preacher  in  charge  of  the  circuit;  On  Finance, — M. 
F.    Maize,    J.    C.    Farnsworth,    and    F.    Danner;    On 


1852.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  137 


Letters,— J.  M.  Saylor,  C.  Hummel,  J.  P.  Leib,  J. 
Gross,  and  F.  Hoffman.  On  account  of  the  serious  ill- 
ness of  his  wife,  F.  Danner  resigned  the  office  of 
Presiding  Elder  and  took  no  appointment,  the  Confer- 
encs  granting  him  the  necessary  time  to  take  care  of 
his  household.  M.  F.  Maize  was  permitted  to  rest. 
Jesse  Young  received  permission  to  attend  school  one 
year.  IS".  McL-an  lo-ated  in  order  to  go  West.  John 
Hippley,  a  local  preacher,  died  during  the  past  year. 
F.  Hoffman  and  J.  P.  Leib  were  re-elected,  and  G.  T. 
Haines  was  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding 
Elder.  N.  McLean,  I.  Hess  and  J.  Schell  were  ordained 
Elders;  A.  Ziegenfus,  L.  Snyder,  George  Knerr,  S.  G. 
Ehoads,  and  C.  Gingrich,  Deacons.  The  following 
were  newh^  received  on  trial:  Jesse  L.  Fritz,  Ephraim 
Ely,  Wm.  Eogers,  Adam  Hinkel,  and  Abraham  Saylor. 
C.  Loos,  H.  C.  Major,  and  E.  Ely  were  received  into 
the  itinerancy.  F.  Danner  was  made  an  advisory  mem- 
ber of  the  stationing  committee. 

The  preachers  were  ordered  to  give  catechetical 
instructions  wherever  practicable.  A  committee  of  five 
was  appointed  to  inquire  whether  those  preachers  who 
make  application  for  support  from  the  Conference  have 
done  their  duty  in  gathering  funds  for  this  purpose, 
and  in  case  any  are  found  guilty  of  neglect  to  report 
them.  "W.  L.  Reber  was  appointed  agent  to  collect  for 
the  liquidation  of  the  debt  resting  upon  the  Albright 
church,  and  I.  Hess,  treasurer. 


BOUNDARIES. 


A  committee,  consisting  of  the  three  presiding  elders, 
the  treasurer,  and  the  secretary  of  the  Missionary  So- 
10 


138  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1852. 

ciety,  was  appointed  to  locate  an  English  mission  in  tlie 
city  of  Philadelphia,  if  practicable.  Cecil  Mission  was 
discontinued  and  incorpoi-ated  in  Chester  Cir.  New 
Jersey  Miss,  was  changed  to  a  circuit,  but  not  being 
able  to  support  its  preacher  it  received  an  allowance  of 
$60.00  from  the  missionary  treasury.  Chester  Circuit 
also  received  $125.00  out  of  the  missionary  funds.  The 
congregation  at  Stumpstown  (Fredericksburgh),  Lebanon 
Co.,  Fa.,  was  advised  not  to  sell  any  part  of  their 
church  property  to  another  denomina*^ion,  but  to  con- 
duct affairs  under  the  present  management  until  our 
next  annual  session. 

TEMPERANCE. 

Whereas,  We  as  a  Conference  believe  the  abuse  of 
spirituous  drinks  to  be  a  2:reat  evil  in  our  nation;  there- 
fore Resolved,  That  J.  C.  Farnsworth,  M.  F.  Maize, 
and  W.  L.  Keber  be  a  committee  to  prepare  a  suitable 
petition,  to  be  signed  by  the  merahers  of  this  Conference, 
and  addressed  to  the  present  session  of  the  legislature, 
praying  for  a  reconsideration  of  our  present  license 
system  and  for  the  introduction  of  the  Maine  law  in  its 
stead.  The  committee  made  the  following  report, 
which  was  adopted :  Inasmuch  as  efforts  are  being 
made  in  our  legislature  to  enact  a  law  prohibiting  through- 
out the  entire  State  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  as  a 
beverage;  therefore  Resolved,  1st,  That  we  consider 
it  to  be  the  duty  of  all  Christian  ministers  and  citizens 
to  testify  against  the  great  evil  of  intemperance  and  to 
combine  for  its  utter  extermination;  2d,  That  in  the 
judgment  of  this  Conference  the  only  effectual  method 
for  its  extermination  is  the  adoption  and  execution  in  our 


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139 


State  of  the  Maine  law,  and  that  we  will  recommend  it 
to  our  congregations  and  encourage  them  to  petition 
our  legislature  for  this  purpose  as  soon  as  possible. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— (?.  T.  Haines, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 
Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 
Germantown  Sta.— J.  Eckert. 
Germantown  Cir.— Jos.  Gro.ss  and  M. 

Sindlinger. 
Milford  Cir.— H.  Bucks  and  A.  Schultz. 
Lehigh    Cir.— C.  Hummel  and   Jacob 

Gross. 
Northampton  Cir.— F.  Krecker  and  E. 

Ely. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 
New  Jersey  Cir.— C.  Gingrich  and  H. 

Major. 

Lebanon  Distkict— J'.  Hoffman,  P.  E. 
Lebanon    Cir.  —  C.   Meyers    and  A. 
Ziegenfus. 


Lancaster   Cir.  —  F.    Banner   and   D 

Wieand. 
Womelsdorf   Cir.— J.    Adams    and   I. 

Hess. 
Chester   Cir.  —  L.    Schneider   and   D. 

Hambright. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  C.  Farnsworth. 
Lancaster  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Harrisburg  Cir.— H.  Bisse. 

Orwigsburg  District— j;   P.    Lett), 

P.E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— J.  Schell. 
Pottsville  Sta.— E.  Bast. 
Pinegrove  Cir. — J.  M.  Saylor. 
Lykens  Cir.— W.  Heim  and  N.  Goebel. 
Mahantongo   Cir.  —  C.    Loos   and   S. 

Gaumer. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.  Knerr. 


4853. 

The  Fourteenth  ("LQth)  Amiual  /Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Long. 

German  Secretary^  Henry  Bucks. 

Englhh  Secretary^  Frederick  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries^  Chr.  Hummel,  John  Schell,  and 
W.  L.  Reber. 

The  Conference  of  18.53  convened  in  Salem  church, 
Eeading,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  February  23d.  The  fol- 
lowing committees  were  appointed  :  On  Worship, — 
The  Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and  the  preacher  in 
charge  of  Reading  Sta. ;  On  Letters, — F.  Hoffman,  J. 


140  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1853. 

P.  Leib,  G.  T.  Haines,  S.  Neitz,  and  A.  Sclmltz  ;  On 
Finance, — A.  Schultz,  I.  Hess,  and  M.  F.  Maize;  To 
Audit  Accounts, — A.  Schultz,  W.  Heim,  and  E.  Bast. 
The  following  were  retained  in  the  itinerancy  without 
an  appointment:  M.  F.  Maize  for  one  year  in  order  to 
rest ;  F.  Danner  one  year  on  account  of  family  affairs ; 
and  J.  Adams  six  months  on  account  of  temporal  con- 
cerns. Credentials  were  granted  to  Jesse  Young.  John 
Sensel  died  during  the  past  year.  C.  Loos  and  R.  Deisher 
were  ordained  Elders;  H.  C.  Major  and  N.  Goebel, 
Deacons.  The  following  received  license  as  preachers 
on  trial :  Peter  Y.  Platz,  Theophilus  G.  Clewell,  Wm. 
Yost,  Zachariali  Hornberger,  Simon  P.  Peinoehl,  Levi 
Kelly,  and  Henry  Koester.  The  following  were  re- 
ceived into  the  itinerancy :  D.  Berger,  Jesse  Yeakel, 
T.  G.  Clewell,  W.  Yost,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  L.  Kelly,  and 
F.  P.  Lehr.  The  Conference  organized  itself  into  a 
Missionary  Society.  S.  Neitz,  F.  Krecker,  and  C. 
Hummel  were  appointed  a  cr>mmittee  to  draft  appro- 
priate resolutions.  Their  report,  which  is  as  follows, 
was  adopted:  Whereas,  This  Conference  feels  assured 
that  speedy  measures  will  be  adopted  by  the  Evangelical 
Association  for  the  establishment  of  a  heathen  mist^ion; 
therefore;  Resolved^  That  all  the  preachers  in  charge  in 
the  Conference  are  authorized  to  gather  funds  for  such 
a  mi.<sion  and  to  transmit  them  to  the  treasurer  of  our 
conference  missionary  auxiliary,  who  shall  forward 
them  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Evangelical  Association.  Oh  Monday  forenoon  the 
Bishop  asked  to  be  excused  from  further  attendance  in 
order  to  reach  the  session  of  the  West  Pa.  Conference 
in    proper    time.      The   Conference  excused    him   and 


1853.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE,  141 

elected  J.  P.  Leib  chairman.     The  examiners  appointed 
at  the  session  of  1851  wore  continued  in  office. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Easton  and  New  Jersey  were  tnken  up  as  a  mission, 
and  New  Jersey  Cir.  was  called  Warren.  That  part 
of  JSTorthampton  Cir.  lying  north  of  the  Blue  Mountain 
was  codstituted  a  separate  field  of  labor  and  called 
Monroe  Cir.  Williams  Township  was  taken  from  Le- 
high Cir.  aii<l  annexed  to  ^Northampton.  The  north- 
west(>rn  part  of  Milford  Cir.  and  the  northern  part  of 
Womelsdorf  Cir.  were  detached  and  formed  into  a  new 
field  called  Kutztown.  Lebanon  was  made  a  station. 
A  part  of  Orwigsburg  Cir.  and  an  appointment  from 
Carbon  Cir.  were  united  into  a  new  field  called 
Schuylkill. 

CHUE,CII    AFFAIRS. 

W.  L.  Reber  reported  having  collected  $1,094.38  in 
subscriptions  for  the  Albright  church.  J.  Eckert  was 
appointed  agent  for  the  church  for  the  current  year, 
and  I.  Hess  was  re-elected  treasurer. 

H.  C.  Major,  with  tlie  assistance  of  L.  Snyder,  was 
authorized  to  collect  money  for  a  meeting  house  in 
Hunterdon  Co.,  N.  J.  The  presiding  elder  of  Orwigs- 
burg  Dist.  and  the  preacher  in  charge  of  Carbon  Cir. 
were  authorized  to  sell  the  meeting  house  in  Upper 
Tomensing  Twp.,  Carbon  Co.,  and  to  apply  the  proceeds 
to  the  erection  of  another  in  Roehrig's  class. 

APPOINTMENTS. 
Philadelphia  DisTKicT—G.  T.Haines,   \   Germantown  Sta.— M.  Sindliuger. 


P.  E. 

Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  M.  S-iylor. 
Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 


Germantowu  Cir.— Jos.  Gross  and  J. 

Yeakel. 
Milford  Cir.— H.  Bucks  and  S.  Gaumer. 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1854:. 


Lehigh  Cir.— C.  Meyers  and  Jac.  Gross. 
Northampton    Cir.— F.   Krecker    and 

Wm.  Yost. 
Monroe  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
Easton  Miss.— [To  be  supplied]. 
Warren  Cir.— Lewis  Snyder. 
New  Jersey  Miss.— H.  C.  Major. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  G.  Marqiiardt. 

Lebanon  District- J".  Hoffman,  P.  E. 

Lebanon  Sta.— D.  Bei'ger. 

Lebanon  Cir.— W.  L.  Reber  and  T.  G. 

Clewell. 
Harrisburg  Cir.— H.  Bisse. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  Hummel  and  E. 

Ely. 
Lancaster   Cir.— D.    Wieaud    and    D. 

Hambright. 


Lancaster  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  C.  Farnsworth. 
Kutztown  Cir.— I.  Hess  and  S.  P.  Rein- 

oehl. 
Chester  Cir.— L.  Kelly  and  F.  P.  Lehr. 

Orwigsburg  District— J".   P.   Leib, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— J.  Schell. 
Pottsville  Sta.— E.  Bast. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— S.  Neltz. 
Lykens  Cir.— W.  Heim  and  A.  Schultz. 
Mahantongo   Cir.  —  C.    Loos   and   N. 

Goebel. 
Cartion  Cir.— G.  Knerr. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 


1854. 

The  Fifteenth  {4c7th)  Amiual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Seybert. 

German  Secretary^  Henry  Bucks. 

English  Secretary.,  Frederick  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  Hummel  and  C.  Meyers. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  held  its  regular  annual  ses- 
sion at  Pottsville,  Pa.,  beginning  Feb.  22d,  1854.  The 
following  committees  were  appointed  :  On  Worship, — • 
The  presiding  elders  and  the  preacher  in  charge  of 
Pottsville  ;  On  Finance,— J.  M.  Saylor,  W.  L.  Reber, 
and  M.  F.  Maize ;  On  Letters,— J.  P.  Leib,  F.  Hoff- 
man, and  (j.  T.  Haines  ;  To  Andit  Accounts, — C.  Hum- 
mel, A.  Schnltz,  and  I.  Hess. 

G.  T.  Haines  resigned  the  presiding  eldership  on 
account  of  bodily  infirmities.  J.  G.  Marquardt  received 
permission  to  rest  in  order  to  recuperate  his  health.     A. 


185-i.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      143 

Schultz  rested  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities  but  was 
retained  in  the  itinerancy.  H.  Bucks  and  C  Hummel 
located  on  account  of  family  concerns.  M.  F.  Maize 
and  F.  Danner  were  retained  in  the  itineran(ty  M-ithout 
an  appointment.  H.  A.  Bisse  died  during  the  year. 
F.  Krecker  was  elected  Presiding  Elder.  G.  Knerr,  A. 
Ziegenfus,  C.  Gingrich,  D.  Hambright,  and  S.  G. 
Rhoads  were  ordained  Elders ;  E.  Ely,  J.  Yeakel,  and 
J.  Rhoads,  Deacons.  J.  O.  Lehr  was  licensed  as 
preachei-  on  trial.  The  following  were  newly  received 
as  preachers  on  trial :  Tiieodore  Plattenberger,  Reuben 
Teakel,  Henry  Koester,  Elias  Miller,  Moses  Dissinger, 
and  James  O.  Lehr. 

C.  M.  Long  made  an  appropriate  address  on  the  use- 
fulness of  the  American  Tract  Society  and  more 
especially  of  the  colporteur  system,  expressing  the  wish 
that  the  Conference  formulate  a  resolution  upon  the 
subject.  S.  Neitz  and  another  brother  were  appointed 
to  prepare  suitable  resolutions.  They  reported  the  fol- 
lowing wliich  was  adopted  : 

Resolved^  That  we  continue  to  regard  the  operations 
of  the  American  Tract  Society  with  pleasure,  and  con- 
sider it  a  chosen  vessel  in  God's  hand  for  the  advance- 
ment of  his  kingdom  and  the  dissemination  of  the 
simple  yet  mysterious,  moraentou=i,  and  imperishable 
gospel  of  his  Son.  Regarding  this  Society  as  the  voice 
of  a  preacher  in  the  wilderness  preparing  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  we  sincerely  wish  it  the  blessing  of  God  and  the 
favor  of  all  men,  the  united  co-operation  of  Christendom 
and  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  order  that  the 
feet  of  his  ambassadors  of  peace  may  speedily  stand 
upon  the  mountains  and  hills  of  the  earth,  in  all  the 


144  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1854. 

kingdoms,  republics,  and  dominions  of  the  world  and 
upon  the  shores  of  all  the  seas  with  the  isles  thereof,  in 
the  name  of  the  Great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep.  Amen! 
It  was  resolved  that  between  the  time  of  this  session 
and  August  next,  collections  shall  be  taken  on  all  the 
fields  of  labor  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  such  preach- 
ers whose  income  is  inadequate.  The  late  Father 
Frederick  Miller,  of  Washington  Twp.,  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa., 
having  bequeathed  $14,000.00  to  the  Evangelic.-al  Asso- 
ciation, the  Conference  advised  the  Charitable  Society 
to  inquire  into  the  matter.  The  following  was  adopted  : 
Inasmuch  as  the  book  establishment  of  our  Association 
has  been  very  prosperous;  therefore.  Resolved.,  That  its 
officers  deserve  praise  for  their  fidelity  in  the  manage- 
ment of  its  affairs,  and  that  we  desire  the  continued 
patronage  of  our  members  and  of  the  friends  of  religion 
in  general.  The  Conference  requested  the  book  estab- 
lishment to  organize  a  branch  department  in  the  city  of 
Reading.  The  examiners  of  junior  preachers  who 
served  last  year  were  re-appointed.  On  Sunday  fore- 
noon Bishop  Seybert  preached  an  instructive  and  im- 
pressive ordination  sermon  to  a  large  and  attentive  gath- 
ering, from  Luke  xii:  42. 

BOUNDARIES. 

The  name  of  Germantown  Cir.  was  changed  to  Mont- 
goiiKay  Cir.  Warren  Cir.  was  annexed  to  New  Jersey 
Miss.  Harrisburg  was  again  taken  up  as  a  mission  to 
be  snpplied  with  a  preacher  if  practicable.  Eby's  class 
was  detached  from  Lebanon  Sta.  and  annexed  to  Leba- 
non Cir.  Conewaga  class  was  taken  from  Lebanon 
Cir.  and  attached  to   Lancaster  Cir.     It  was  resolved 


1854.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  145 

that  the  Philadelphia  English  Miss,  be  supplied  with  a 
preacher;  and  in  case  this  cannot  be  done,  it  shall  con- 
tinue under  the  arrangement  made  at  the  session  of 
1852.  Conference  decided  that  Tama(j[aa  and  Hamburg 
be  supplied  with  missionaries  during  the  current  year,  if 
possible. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  auditing  committee  re[)orted  that  if  all  the  sub- 
scriptions are  paid,  the  debt  on  the  Albright  church 
will  be  reduced  to  $300.00.  Tiie  Conference  tendered 
a  resolution  of  thanks  to  J.  Eckert,  the  agent,  for 
his  labors  and  to  the  friends  for  their  contri- 
butions. Brother  Eckert  was  instructed  to  secure 
the  outstanding  subscriptions.  Brother  J.  B.  Di'igel- 
dein  having  made  the  congregation  at  New  York  the 
noble  and  very  liberal  offer  to  pay  off  the  del)t  of 
$3,600.00  still  resting  upon  our  church  there,  provided 
the  congregation  agree  to  pay  $100.00  annually  into 
our  mission aay  treasury,  it  was  resolved  to  accept  the 
proposal,  the  Conference  expressing  its  gratitude  to  the 
donor. 

MEMORIALS. 

Suitable  resolutions  were  adopted  relative  to  the  de- 
cease of  two  brethren  in  the  ministry,  H.  Fisher,  editor 
of  the  Evangelical  Messenger,  and  H.  A.  Bisse,  a  mem- 
ber of  this  Conference.  F.  Hoffman  and  the  preacher  in 
charge  of  Lykens  Cir.  were  instructed  to  prepare  suitable 
resolutions  upon  the  decease  of  our  beloved  co-worker  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  John  Sensel,  and  to  publish 
them  in  the  ChristlicJie  Botschafter.  No  further  action 
was  taken  at  Conference  because  of  a  lack  of  necessary 
information. 


146 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1855. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia   District—./.  P.  Leib, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Philadelphia  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— [To  be  sup- 
plied]. 
Germantown  Sta.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Montgomery   Cir. — J.    Koehl    and   R. 

Yeakel. 
Milford    Cir.  —  D.     Wieand    and    H. 

Koester. 
Lehigh    Cir.— Chr.   Meyer   and   Elias 

Miller. 
Northampton  Cir.— Geo.  Knerr  and  S. 

P.  Reinoehl. 
Monroe  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
Easton  Miss.— J.  Yeakel. 
New  Jersey  Miss.— H.  C.  Major  and  L. 

Kelly. 
New  York  Sta.— W.  Heim. 

Lebanon  District— i?*.  Krecker,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Cir.— N.   Goebel  and  T.    G. 
Clewell. 


Lebanon  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  Loos  and  E.  Ely. 
Chester  Cir.— Jos.  Gross  and  F.  P.  Lehr. 
Lancaster  Cir. — Jacob  Adams  and  D. 

Ham  bright. 
Lancaster  Miss.— D.  Berger. 
Reading  Sta.— B.  Bast. 
Kutztown  Cir.— W.   L.  Reber  and  T. 

Plattenberger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  C.  Farnsworth. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— J.  Eckert. 

Orwigsburg  District— i^.    Ho£man, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— Isaac  Hess. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— Lewis  Snyder. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— S.  Gaumer. 
Pottsville  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Pinegrove  Cir. — S.  Neitz. 
Lykens   Cir.— Jac.    Gross  and  Moses 

Dissinger. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus  and  J. 

O.  Lehr. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.  T.  Haines  and  W.  Yost. 


1855. 

The  Sixteenth  {4:8th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Lon^. 

Secretary,  Solomon  Neitz. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

On  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  1855,  the 
members  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  assembled  in  the 
Imm:mnel  Church,  PhiLidelpbia,  to  hold  their  sixteenth 
annual  session.  F.  Krecker  was  appointed  to  prepare 
an  abstract  of  the  proceedings  for  the  Evangelical  Jles- 
senger.  The  following  committees  were  appointed  :  On 
Worship, — The  Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and  the 


1855.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERKNCE.  147 

preacher  in  charge  of  the  congregation;  On  Finance, — 
~SV.  L,  Reber,  F.  Danner,  and  J.  C.  Farnsworth;  On 
Letters, — J.  P.  Leih,  F.  Hoffman,  F.  Krecker,  F.  Dan- 
ner, and  G.  T.  Haines;  On  Boundaries, — J.  P.  Leib, 
F.  Hoffman,  F.  Krecker,  S.  Neitz,  and  E.  Bast. 

A  member  of  the  Conference  was  reproved  by  his 
presiding  elder  for  neglect  of  duty  and  for  engaging  ia 
so-called  spirit-rappings.  A  preacher  was  continued 
on  probation  for  marrying  before  the  expiration 
of  his  time  as  preacher  on  trial.  J.  M.  Saylor, 
I.  Hess,  and  C.  Loos  located  on  account  of 
family  concerns;  M.  F.  Maize  and  A.  Schultz  on 
account  of  ill  health.  W.  Heim  took  no  appointment 
on  account  of  enfeebled  health.  The  following  were 
ordained  to  the  office  of  Deacon:  T.  G.  Clewell,  S.  P. 
Eeinoehl,  W.  Yost,  F.  P.  Lehr,  P.  H.  Lehr,  Joshua 
Fry,  Keuben  Yeakel,  and  Adam  Hinkel.  The  brethren, 
J.  Werner,  F.  Walker,  C.  S.  Human,  Thos.  Sebold, 
and  W.  Bachman  were  newly  received  as  preachers  on 
trial.  J.  C.  Reisner  was  again  licensed  as  preacher  on 
trial.  The  following  were  received  into  the  itinerancy : 
J.  Frey,  Joseph  Werner,  F.  Walker,  C.  S.  Haman,  and 
T.  Sebold.  The  claimants  for  support  are  the  widows 
of  C.  Hesser,  J.  Schnerr,  H.  Bisse,  and  Jacob  Gross. 
The  following  was  adopted  : 

Whereas,  W.  W.  Orvvig  is  engaged  in  the  work  of 
compiling  a  history  of  the  Evangelical  Association; 
therefore  Resolved,  That  we  will  heartily  co-operate 
with  our  sister  conferences  in  aiding  the  compiler,  that 
we  will  diligently  gather  correct  and  relialde  data,  and 
that  the  presiding  elders  shall  constitute  a  committee  to 
obtain  from  the  brethren  upon  their  districts  and  from 


148  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1855. 

other  sources  such  information  as  will  prove  helpful  and 
valuable. 

The  preacher  in  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  Station 
was  appointed  to  superintend  a  smiU  book  room  unHl 
the  next  session  of  the  General  Conference.  The  fol- 
lowing were  elected  delejjates  to  General  G)nference: 
F.  Hoffman,  F.  Krecker,  S.  Neitz,  G.  T.  Haines,  J.  P. 
Leib,  F.  Banner,  W.  L.  Reber,  J.  M.  S  lylor,  J.  C. 
Farnsworth,  C.  Mejers,  E.  Bast,  J.  Sc-hell,  D.  Berger, 
and  M.  F.  Maize;  Alternates, — Joseph  Gross,  I.  Hass, 
and  J.  Adams.  W.  L.  Reber  wis  elected  conf-^rence 
treasurer.  F.  Hoffman,  J.  P.  Leib,  S.  Neitz,  and  F. 
Krecker  were  appointed  a  conimittae  to  eximi^ie  junior 
preachers. 

BOUNDARIES. 

ISTew  Jersev  Mission  was  chanu;ed  into  a  circuit.  The 
Strohl  appointment  was  taken  from  ^Northampton,  and 
annexed  to  Lehigh  Circuit.  Palmyra  and  Conewaga 
classes  were  annexed  to  Dauphin  Cir.  The  Conference 
resolved  that  the  Philadelphia  English  Mission  and 
Tamaqua  Mission  be  supplied  at  this  session;  that  Har- 
risburg  Mission  be  served  by  a  preacher  who  c;m  labor 
in  both  languages ;  and  that  the  AUentown  congrega- 
tion shall  not  become  a  station  until  the  difficulties 
concerning  the  church  property  there  are  adjut-ted  with 
the  meml>ers  of  Lehigh  Circuit. 

EDUCATION. 

Liasnmch  as  the  West  Pa.  Conference  has  undertaken 
the  institution  of  a  seminary  in  New  Berlin,  Union  Co., 
Pa.,  for  the  instruction  of  the  youth  of  our  church,  and 
inasmuch  as  a  delegation  from  the  board  of  trustees  of 


1855.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  149 

said  seminary  has  made  advances  to  this  Conference 
praying  us  to  co-operate  with  them ;  therefore 

Resolved^  That  we  will  unite  in  the  project  according 
to  the  constitution  and  offer  presented,  the  semiuMry  to 
be  named  "Union  Seminary  of  the  East  and  West 
Pa.  Conferences  of  the  Evangelical  Association  of  North 
America."      For  this  resolution  the    following  voted : 

F.  Hoffman,  J.  P.  Leib,  J.  M.  Saylor,  D.  Berger,  F. 
Krecker,  E.  Bast,  C.  Meyers,  F.  Danner,  Jos.  Gross, 

G.  T.  Haines,  C.  Loos,  J.'Scliell,  J.  Koehl,  J.  G.  Mar- 
quardt,  D.  Wieaiid,  J.  C.  Farnsworth,  M.  Sindlinger,  S. 

Gaumer,  D.  Hambright,  J.  Frey,  J,  P.  Lehr,  Eber- 

hart,  A,  Ziegenfuss,  L.  Schneider,  Chr.  Gingrich,  E,. 
Deisher,  H.  C.  Major,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  T.  G.  Clewell,  S. 
P.  Reinoehl,  R,  Yeakel,  S.  Neitz,  I.  Hess,  W.  Yost,  and 
J.  Yeakel.  It  was  adopted.  The  following  were  elected 
trustees  of  the  seminary:  S.  JSTeitz,  M.  F.  Maize,  J. 
M.  Saylor,  and  F.  Hoffman,  ministers;  E,  Hammer  of 
Pottsville,  Levi  Miller  of  Pinegrove,  and  Abr.  Saylor 
of  Schuylkill  Haven,  laymen.  S.  Neitz  was  appointed 
agent  for  the  seminary  for  one  year  to  solicit  contribu- 
tions, with  the  understanding  that  he  receive  his  salary, 
rent,  and  traveling  expenses  out  of  the  collections  and 
subscriptions.  It  was  agreed  that  those  preachers  who 
subscribe  $100  or  more  for  the  seminary  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  paying  their  subscriptions  in  three  annual 
installments.  S.  Neitz  and  F.  Hoffman  were  sent  as 
delegates  to  the  West  Pa.  Conference  in  the  interests 
of  the  new  institution. 


150 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1855, 


FINANCE. 

Receipts  : 

Regular  contributions  for  salary $6,665,07 

Conference  collections 547.78 

B..ok  establishment 200.00 

Charitable   Society 75.00 

Interest  from  Custer  legacy 63.34: 


7,551.19 


Expenditures  : 
To  preachers  and  claimants 7,476.19 


Balance  on  hand 75.00 

Every  preacher  was  paid  in  full  for  the  first  time. 


APPOINTMENTS, 


Philadelphia   District--^'.  P.  Leib, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— E.  Bast. 
PUiladelpliia  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Philadelphia  Eag.  Miss.— T.  G.  Clewell. 
Germantown  Sta. — D.  Wieand. 
Montgomery  Cir.— J.  Koehl  and  C.  S. 

Haman. 
Milford    Cir.— M.    Sindlinger    and    T. 

Plattenberger. 
Lehigh   Cir.— Geo.  Knerr  and  T.  Se- 

bold. 
Northampton  Cir.— G.  T.   Haines  and 

L.  Kelly. 
Monroe  Cir.— J.  Frey  and  J.  Miller. 
Easton  Miss.— J.  Yeakel. 
New  Jersey  Miss.— H.  C.  Major. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Lebanon  District—/^.  Krecker,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Lebanon   Cir.— N.  Goebel  and  F.    P. 

Lehr. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— J.    C.    Farnsworth 

and  J.  O.  Lehi-. 


Chester  Cir.— Joseph  Gross. 
Lancaster  Cir.— C.  Gingrich  and  Eph. 

Ely. 
Lancaster  Miss.— D.  Berger. 
Reading  Sta.— Jacob  Adams. 
Kutztown  Cir.— W.  L.  Reber  and  H. 

Koester. 
Dauphin  Cir.— F.  Banner. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 

Orwigsburg    District— i*'.  Hoffman 

P.E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir. — R.  Yeakel. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— L.  Snyder. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— S.  Gaumer. 
Pottsville  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— W.  Yost. 
Lykens   Cir.  —  D.    Hambright,    Moses 

Dissinger,  and  F.  Walker. 
Mahantongo   Cir.— A.   Ziegenfus  and 

J.  Werner. 
Carbon  Cir.— Chr.  Meyers. 
Tamaqua  Miss. — J.  Eckert. 
Agent  for  Union  Seminary— S.  Neitz. 


1855.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFEEENCE.  151 

1855. 

The  General  Conference. 

President^  Bishops  J.  Sejbert  and  J,  Long, 

Secretary^  J.  J.  Esher. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  J.  G.  Wolpert  and  B.  Hengst. 

The  delegates  representing  their  respective  annual 
conferences  assembled  in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  Sept.  19th, 
1855,  to  hold  the  regular  quadrennial  session  of  the 
General  Conference.*  Tlie  moral  and  official  conduct 
of  the  delegates  was  investigated.  No  charges  were 
preferred. 

The  Conference  expressed  approval  and  strong  en- 
dorsement of  the  efforts  made  by  the  East  Pa.  and  the 
West  Pa.  Conferences  to  establish  an  institution  of 
learning.  A  new  conference  was  formed  and  called 
The  Wisconsin  Conference.  The  general  book  agent 
was  instructed  to  publish  an  English  edition  of  the  His- 
tory of  the  Evangelical  Association,  and  to  issue  a  Ger- 
man Sunday-school  monthly  to  be  called  Z^^^r  Christliche 
Kinderfreund.  It  was  resolved  that  Luzerne  Circuit 
and  Wilkesbarre  Mission  shall  belong  to  the  West  Pa. 
Conference. 

Bishops  J.  Seybert  and  J.  Long  were  re  elected.  C. 
G.  Koch  was  re-elected  editor  of  the  Christliche  Bot- 
schafter  and  J.  Driesbach,  of  the  Eoangelical  Messenger. 
C.  Hammer  was  elected  general  book  agent.  The  fol- 
lowing statistics  of  the  Association  were  reported  at 
this  session  : 


•See  Preface  on  Page  98. 


152  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1856. 


Itinerant  preachers. .  247 

Local  preachers.  .  .  .  227 

Districts 22 

Circuits 100 


Stations 15 

Missions 42 

Churches 343 

Total  membership,  27,670 


1856. 

The  Seventeenth  (49i!A)  Annual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Seybert. 

Secretary^  Solomon  Neitz. 

The  seventeenth  annual  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Con- 
ference was  held  in  AUentown,  Pa,,  beginning  Feb. 
27th,  1856,  Bishop  J.  Seybert  presiding.  Committees 
on  worship,  finance,  letters,  and  boundaries  were  ap- 
pointed.* E.  Bast  located  on  account  of  bodily  infir- 
mities. J.  C.  Farnsworth  took  no  appointment.  G.  T. 
Haines  took  a  superannuated  relation.  Levi  Kelly 
received  credentials.  Frederick  Danner  died  during 
the  past  year.  S.  Neitz  and  C.  Meyers  were  elected  to 
the  ofiice  of  Presiding  Elder.  E.  Ely,  J.  Yeakel,  N. 
Goebel,  and  L.  Snyder  were  ordained  Elders;  H. 
Koester,  J.  O.  Lehr,  M.  Dissinger,  E.  B.  Miller,  L. 
Kelly,  T.  Plattenberger,  T.  Sel)old,  I.  Oberholzer,  and 
W.  Egge,  Deacons.  Samuel  Werner  was  received  as 
preacher  on  trial.  The  conference  claimants  are  Sister 
Hesser,  Sister  Danner,  Sister  Schnerr  and  three 
children,  Sister  Gross  and  two  children,  and  Sister 
Bisse  and  two  children.  It  was  resolved  that  during 
the  month  of  July  collections  be  lifted  for  the  support 

*The  names  of  the  members  of  these  committees  were  not  recorded  by  the  sec- 
retary. 


1856.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  153 


of  the  superannuated  preachers  and  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  deceased  ministers.  The  book  rooms  of  the 
Conference  were  removed  to  the  city  of  Ecading  and 
phiced  under  the  charge  of  Brother  Wm.  Gerj.  The 
following  examiners  of  junior  preachers  were  appointed: 
F.  Hoffman  in  theology,  F.  Krecker  in  languages,  J.  P. 
Leib  in  church  discipline,  and  S.  Neitz  in  history.  On 
Sunday,  Bishop  J.  Seybert  preached  the  ordination  ser- 
mon choosing  2  Tim.  ii:15,  for  his  text. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Wiconisco  was  taken  from  Lykens  Cir.  and  named 
Wiconisco  Sta.  Lancaster  City  Mission  was  changed 
into  a  station.  Bernville  was  detached  from  Kutztown 
Cir.  and  annexed  to  Womelsdorf,  Riegelsville  was 
taken  from  Northampton  Cir.  and  annexed  to  Lehigh. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  difficulties  connected  with  our  church  property 
in  Allentown  were  adjusted  in  the  following  manner: 
1st,  The  congregation  at  Allentown  has  agreed  to  give 
to  Lehigh  Cir.  for  its  perpetual  use  thirty  feet  of 
ground,  including  a  stable,  at  the  western  end  of  the 
church  lot,  reserving,  however,  a  ten-foot  entrance  from 
the  northern  end  of  said  thirty  feet  for  its  own  per- 
petual use.  2d,  The  congregation  at  Allentown  and 
the  circuit  have  agreed  to  assume  equal  shares  of  the 
debt  still  remaining  on  the  property  and  in  case 
any  lawful  claim  should  ever  be  made  upon  it 
from  Springtown  and  vicinity,  it  shall  be  satisfied  by  a 
similar  arrangement.  3d,  It  was  furthermoi-e  agreed 
that  either  party  shall  assist  the  other  in  securing  a 
lawful  title  to  the  divided  portions  of  the  property. 

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[1856. 


EDUCATION. 

Resolved,,  That  we  will  continue  our  support  of  Union 
Seminary  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  of  our 
union  with  the  West  Pa.  Conference  as  agreed  at  our 
session  lield  in  Philadelphia,  and  in  case  that  conference 
appoint  an  agent  we  will  receive  him  in  a  friendly 
spirit.  J.  P.  Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  L.  Snyder,  J.  C.  Farns- 
worth,  ministers,  and  E.  Hammer,  Abraham  Saylor, 
and  L.  Miller,  laymen,  were  elected  trustees  of  the 
seminary. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts: 

Balance  on  hand $  65.38 

Conference  collections 324.67 

Charitable  Society 75.00 

Book  establishment 350.00 


Interest  on  Custer  lesaev 


•5.93 


890.98 
Expenditures 890.50 


Balance . 


.48 


APPOINTMBNTt 


Philadelphia  District— C.  Meyers, 
P.  E. 

Philadelphia  Sta. — Jesse  Yeakel. 

Philadelphia  Miss.— A.  Ziegenfus. 

Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.- Not  supplied. 

Germantown  Sta.— D.  Wieaud. 

Montgomery  Cir.— W.  L.  Keber  and 
Jacob  Zern. 

Milford  Cir.— N.  Goebel  and  T.  Plat- 
tenberger. 

Lehigh  Cir.— Geo.  Knerr  and  W.  Bach- 
man. 

AUentowu  Sta.— J.  Schell. 


Northampton  Cir.— Joseph  Gross  and 

T.  Sebold. 
Monroe   Cir.— S.   Gaumer   and   E.   B. 

Miller. 
Easton  Miss.— R.  Yeakel. 
New  Jersey  Cir.— R.  Wright. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Lebanon  District— J''.  Krecker,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Lebanon  Cir.— Jacob  Adams  and  F.  P. 

Lehr. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— Isaac  Hess  and  H. 

Koester, 


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Reading  Sta.—F.  Hoffman. 

Kutztown  Cir.— J.  Frey. 

Lancaster  Cir.— 0.  Gingrich  and  Moses 

Dissinger. 
Lancaster  Sta.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Chester  Cir.— S.  G.  Ehoads. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Harrisbm-g  Miss.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 

Orwigsbckg  District— &  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— D.  Berger. 
Schuylkill  Cir.- E.  Ely. 


Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— T.  G.  Clewell. 
Pottsville  Sta.— J.  P.  Leib. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— Wm.  Yost. 
Lykcns  Cir.— W.  Heim,  D.  Hambright, 

and  F.  Walker. 
Mahantongo   Cir.— L.  Snyder   and   J. 

Werner. 
Wiconisco  Sta.— Not  supplied. 
Carbon  Cir.— J.  Koehl  and  R.  Litzen- 

berger. 
Tamaqua  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 


1857. 

The  Elgliteentli  {^Oth)  Amiual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Long. 

Secretary^  Solomon  Neitz. 

Assistant  Secretary^  John  Koehl. 

On  "Wednesday,  February  25th,  1857,  the  members 
of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  assembled  in  the 
First  Evangelical  Church  in  New  York  City,  Bishop 
J.  Long  presiding.  S.  G.  Rhoads  was  appointed  to 
report  the  proceedings  for  the  Evangelical  Messenger. 
The  following  committees  were  appointed :  On  Wor- 
ship),— The  Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and  the 
preacher  in  charge;  On  Finance, — W.  L,  Keber,  L 
Hess,  and  J.  Eckert ;  On  Letters, — The  Bishop  and  the 
presiding  elders;  On  Boundaries, — F.  Krecker,  S. 
E"eitz,  C.  Meyers,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  F.  Hoffman;  To 
Audit  Church  Accounts, — J.  Yeakel,  J.  Gross,  and  W, 
Yost.  J.  C.  Farnsworth  located  with  the  intention  of 
entering  the  West  Pa.  Conference,  where  he  had  already 
been  en£!;ao;ed  in  active  service  for  several  months.  M. 
Sindlinger  located  on  account  of  family  concerns.     T. 


156  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1857. 

G.  Clewell  having  been  elected  editor  of  the  Evangel- 
ical Messenger,  received  credentials  to  enter  the  Ohio 
Conference.  J.  Frej,  S.  P.  Eeinoehl,  W.  Yost,  E. 
Yeakel,  and  T.  G.  Clewell  were  ordained  to  the  office 
of  Elder;  R.  Litzenberger,  F.  Walker,  Joseph  Werner, 
C.  S.  Haman,  and  R.  Wright,  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
Anastasius  Boetzel  received  license  as  preacher  on  trial. 
H.  Stoetzel  was  again  received  into  the  itinerancy. 
The  conference  claimants  are  Sister  Sclmerr  and  two 
children,  Sister  Hesser,  Sister  Bisse  and  three  children, 
Sister  Gross  and  two  children,  G.  T.  Haines  and  family, 
and  one  orphan  of  F.  Danner.  The  gener^d  book  agent 
was  instructed  to  pay  our  book  agent,  Wm.  Gery,  ten 
dollars  for  his  services  up  to  this  time.  F.  Hoffman,  J. 
P.  Leib,  and  S.  JSIeitz  were  appointed  to  examine  the 
junior  preachers  in  their  studies  at  the  next  session.  S. 
Neitz  was  instructed  to  secure  for  the  Conference  the 
records  of  its  transactions  from  the  beginning,  and  in 
case  he  cannot  obtain  possession  of  the  old  book  to 
make  a  transcription  of  it  and  present  his  charges  at 
the  next  annual  session.  Henry  Miesse  having  made  a 
bequest  of  books  to  the  Association,  F.  Krecker  and  C. 
S.  Haman  were  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  matter. 

BOUND  AKIES. 

Heidelberg  and  vicinity  in  Lehigh  Co.,  were  taken 
up  as  a  mission.  Tamaqna  Mission  was  placed  under 
the  supervision  of  the  preacher  in  charge  of  Schuylkill 
Cir. 

CnrRCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  stationing  committee  was  instructed  to  appoint  a 
collector  for  our  church  in  Reading,  Pa.,  with  the  under- 


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157 


standing  that  his  salary  be  paid  out  of  the  collections. 
The  congregation  at  Bethlehem  received  permission  to 
borrow  money  for  the  purpose  of  paying  their  church 
debt.  A  del)t  of  $-100.00  still  remaining  upon  the  Al- 
bright church,  J.  Eckert  was  appointed  to  gather,  upon 
the  most  feasible  plan,  the  subscriptions  still  outstand- 
ing. 

EDUCATION. 

Iiesolved,  That  we  do  not  consider  it  expedient  that 
anotlier  effort  be  made  to  collect  funds  within  the 
bounds  of  this  Conference  for  Union  Seminary,  and 
therefore  pray  the  trustees  of  that  institution  to  spare 
us  in  this  respect,  advising  them,  however,  to  appoint  our 
three  presiding  elders  agents  upon  their  respective  dis- 
tricts to  collect  the  outstanding  subscriptions  and  to 
give  to  the  subscribers  their  certificates.  S.  Neitz,  F. 
Krecker,  and  Elijah  Hammer  were  elected  trustees  of 
the  seminary. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  Meyers, 
P.E. 

Philadelphia  Sta. — Jesse  Yeakel. 

Philadelphia  Miss. — A.  Ziegenfus. 

Germantown  Sta.— Joseph  Werner. 

Montgomery  Cir. — J.  Frey  and  D.  Ham- 
bright. 

Milford  Cir.— N.  Goebel  and  S.  Gaumer. 

Lehigh  Cir.— W.  L.  Reber  and  Moses 
Dissinger. 

Allentown  Sta.— J.  Schell. 

Northampton  Cir.— J.  Gross  and  R. 
Litzenherger. 

Monroe  Cir.— P.  P.  Lehr. 

Easton  Miss.— Reuben  YeaVcl. 

New  Jersey  Cir. — Robt.  Wright. 

New  York  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 

Lebanon  District-  p.  KrecJcer,  P.  E. 


Lebanon  Sta.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Lebanon    Cir.— H.     Stoetzel    and    F 

Walker. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— Isaac  Uess  and  J. 

Zern. 
Reading  Sta.— W.  Heim. 
Kutztown  Cir.— D.  Wieand. 
Lancaster  Cir.— Jacob  Adams  and  T. 

Sebold. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
Chester  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Ilarrisburg  Miss.- J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Orwigsbcrg  District— &".  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— D.  Berger. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— Eph.  Ely. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib. 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  P.  Reinoelil. 


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[1858. 


Pinegrove  Cir.— Lewis  Snyder. 
Lykens  Cir.— T.  Plattenberger  and  H. 

Koester. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— K.  Deisher  and  E. 

B.  Miller. 


Wicouisco  Sta.— Wm.  Yost. 

Carbon  Cir.— J.  Koehl  and  W.  Bacli- 

man. 
Heidelberg  Miss.— Geo  Knerr. 


1858. 

The  Nineteenth  {hist)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Seybert. 

Secretary,  Solomon  Neitz. 

Assistant  Secretary,  John  Koehl. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  met  in  annual  session  at 
Weissport,  Carbon  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  Feb.  24th, 
1858.  S.  P.  Eeinoebl  was  appointed  to  report  the  pro- 
ceedings for  the  Evangelical  Messenger.  The  following 
committees  were  appointed  :  On  Worship,  —  The 
Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and  the  preacher  in 
charge;  On  Letters,— The  Bishop,  S.  Neitz,  and  C. 
Meyers;  On  Finance, — W.  L.  Eeber,  I. Hess,  and  S.  G. 
Khoads  ;  On  Boundaries, — (not  named.) 

A  traveling  preacher  on  trial  was  deposed  from  the 
ministry.  The  license  of  a  local  preacher  was  withheld 
because  lie  failed  to  perform  the  duties  of  his  office. 
A.  Hinkel  withdrevv'  from  the  church.  M.  Sind- 
linger  located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  D. 
Berger  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  without  an  ap- 
pointment. F.  Hoffman  was  elected  Presiding  Elder. 
H.  Stoetzel,  H.  Koester,  T.  Sebold,  Elias  B.  Miller,  T. 
Plattenberger,  F.  P.  Lehr,  and  J.  O.  Lehr  were 
ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder  ;  W.  Bachman,  J.  Zern, 
John  H.  Miller,  Jesse  Young,  and  H.  Kempfer,  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.     The  following  were  received  into  the 


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itinerancy  :  Joseph  Speclit,  Matthew  Guhl,  Jesse  Young, 
Edmund  Butz,  Isaac  Oberliolser,  Joseph  Kutz,  nnd  A. 
Boetzel.  The  conference  claimants  were  :  Sister  Schnerr 
and  two  cliildren,  Sister  Hesser,  Sister  Bisse  and  three 
children,  Sister  Gross  and  two  children.  Brother  IST, 
Goebel,  and  one  orphan  of  F.  Danner. 

At  this  session  the  Conference  was  profoundly  agi- 
tated by  a  discnssion  of  the  doctrine  of  Christian  holi- 
ness. It  was  agreed  that  the  book  department  at  Read- 
ing be  recalled  in  case  the  management  is  not  willing 
to  pay  Brother  Gery  §50.00  per  annum  for  his  services 
as  agent.  The  preai-hers  were  instructed  to  use  their 
influence  among  the  members  to  have  the  parsonages 
furnished. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Philadelphia  Mission  was  changed  to  a  station  to  be 
known  as  South  Phila.  Station.  Easton  Mission  was 
changed  to  a  station  and  two  classes  from  Northamp- 
ton Cir.  were  annexed.  Heidelberg  Mission  was  dis- 
continued, one  part  being  annexed  to  Kutztown  Cir. 
and  the  other  part  to  Carl)on  Cir.  Catawissa  class  was 
detached  from  Schuylkill  Cir.,  and  annexed  to  Tam^qua 
Mission.  A  mission  was  located  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  New  Rochelle  was  constituted  a  mission.  A 
new  mission  was  located  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia 
and  named  North  Phila.  Mission. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  agent  for  the  church  at  Reading  made  a  report 
which  was  approved.  It  was  agreed  that  an  agent  for 
that  church  be  again   appointed  for   the  ensuing  year. 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1858. 


F.  Hoffman,  E.  Yeakel,  and  J.  Gross  were  appointed 
to  inquire  into  the  practicability  of  bnilding  a  church 
in  Harrisbnrg,  Pa.,  during  tlie  coming  year.  H.  C. 
Major,  a  local  preacher,  was  authorized  to  have  charge 
of  the  New  Jersey  Cir.,  his  salary  to  consist  of  the  vol- 
untary contributions  of  the  people. 

EDUCATION. 

Whekeas,  AVe  perceive  that  Union  Seminary  is  ex- 
erting a  very  wholesome  influence  and  promises  great 
usefulness  in  the  cause  of  education  and  religion;  there- 
fore be  it  Resolved^  That  we  will  use  our  influence  to 
further  the  best  interests  of  that  institution  and  will 
welcome  and  encourage  any  agent  appointed  for  the 
purpose  of  collecting  funds  and  securing  students.  We 
recommend  to  the  stationing  committee  the  advisability 
of  appointing  a  suitable  brother  as  agent  for  the  semi- 
nary. W.  Yost  and  B.  Strickler  were  elected  trustees 
of  Union  Seminary.  The  committee  to  examine  junior 
preachers  at  the  next  session  consisted  of  F.  Hoft'man, 
W.  L.  Eeber,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  and  S.  Ncitz. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia   District— C.    Meyers, 

P.  E. 
Philarlelphia  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 
South  Phila,  Sta.— T.  Plattenberger. 
N'th  Ptiiladelphia  Miss. — Jesse  Yeakel. 
Germantown  Sta.— W.  Bachman. 
Montgomery  Cir.— S.   Gaumer  and  D. 

Hambrigtit. 
Milford   Cir.— Isaac   Iless   and    Jesse 

Young. 
Lehigh    Cir.— G.    T.    Haines    and    A. 

Boetzel. 
AUentown  Sta,— W.  Heim. 
Northampton  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads  and 

R.  Litzenberger. 


Monroe  Cir.— F.   P.  Lehr  and  Joseph 

Werner. 
Easton  Sta.  -W.  L.  Peber. 
New  York  Sta.— H.  Stoetzel. 
New  York  Miss.- H.  Koester. 
Newark  Miss. — M.  Guhl. 
New  Rochelle  Miss.— F.  Walker. 

Lebanon  District— F.  Hoffman,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta. — Reuben  Yeakel. 
Lebanon   Cir.— A.    Ziegenfus    and     I. 

Oberholzer. 
Womel.sdorf  Cir.— Geo.  Knerr  and  Jos. 

Kutz. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 


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Kutztown  Cir.— D.  Wieand. 
Lancaster  Cir. — Th.  Sebald  and  J.  Zern. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Danphin  Cir.— J.  Gross. 
Chester  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
HarrisburgMiss.— I.  G.  Marquardt. 
Agt.  for  Reading  Church. — Jac.  Adams. 

Orwigsbukg  District— &  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— C.  S.  Haman. 


Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— Moses  Dissinger. 
Carbon  Cir.— J.  Schell  and  E.  Butz. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— Lewis  Snyder. 
Lykens  Cir.— R.  Deisher  and  J.  Specht. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— J.   Frey  and  E.  B. 

Miller. 
Wlcouisco  Sta.— Wm.  Yost. 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 
Tamaqua  Miss. — E.  Ely. 


1 859. 

The   Tv'entieth  {52<I)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Long. 

Secretary^  Frederick  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  John  Koehl  and  Reuben  Teakel. 

The  t^Yentieth  annual  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Confer- 
ence wns  held  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  beginning  on  February 
23d,  1859.  The  standing  committees  were  constituted 
as  follows:  On  Worship, — The  Bishop,  the  presiding 
elders,  and  the  preacher  in  charge ;  On  Letters, — The 
Bishop,  C.  Meyers,  S.  Neitz,  and  F.  Hoffman;  On 
Finance, — I.  Hess,  AV.  L.  Reher,  and  J.  Yeakel;  On 
Boundaries, — C.  Meyers,  S.  Neitz,  F.  Hoffman,  G.  T. 
Haines,  and  W.  Heim;  On  Auditing  Accounts, — W. 
Yost,  L.  Snyder,  and  W.  L.  Reber. 

D.  Berger  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  without  an 
appointment.  J.Young  located  with  the  intention  of 
going  West,  and  I.  Oberholzer,  on  account  of  family 
concerns.  S.  P.  Reinoehl  received  permission  to  rest 
one  year  in  order  to  recuperate  his  liealth.  J.  Eckert 
received  credentials.  Joseph  Werner,  F.  Walker,  R. 
Litzenberger,  C.  S.  Haman,  and  Moses  Dissinger  were 
ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  M.  Guhl,  Jacob  Sclmci- 


162  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1859. 


der,  B.  Kreisley,  D.  Witmer,  and  C.  H.  Baker  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.  Jonathan  Miller  and  John  Kurtz  re- 
ceived license  as  preachers  on  trial.  M.  Sindlinger  was 
again  received,  and  J.  A.  Apgar,  Jacob  Schneider,  and 
Thomas  Bowman  were  newly  received  into  the  itiner- 
ancy. The  conference  claimants  were  Sister  Schnerr 
and  one  child,  Sister  Hesser,  Sister  Bisse  and  two  chil- 
dren, and  Sister  Gross  and  two  children. 

The  Conference  ordered  that  the  preachers  exchange 
boarding  places  every  other  day  during  the  session.  It 
was  resolved  that  in  case  the  publishing  house  contin- 
ues a  book  department  in  the  city  of  Beading  the  Con- 
ference %\i!l  be  satisfied  with  a  discount  of  25  per  cent, 
on  the  books  sold  there.  The  following  were  elected 
delegates  to  the  General  Conference:  F.  Hoffman,  J. 
P.  Leib,  S.  Neitz,  C.  Meyers,  F.  Krecker,  W.  L.  Reber, 
H.Stoetzel,  J.  Teakel,  and  J.  Breidenstein;  alternates, — 
G.  T.  Haines,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  and  J.  Koehl.  The 
preachers  were  instructed  to  lift  collections  during  the 
month  of  June  wherewith  to  defray  the  traveling  ex- 
penses of  the  delegates.  On  Sunday  forenoon  Bishop 
Long  preached  an  appropriate  and  powerful  sei-mon 
from  the  text  1  Pet.  v:  2-4,  after  which  the  candidates 
for  orders  were  ordained. 

BOUNDARIES. 

New  Rochelle  Mission  was  abandoned.  Camden, 
Glassborough,  and  vicinity,  N.  J.,  were  taken  up  as  a 
mission.  Harrisburg  M'as  constituted  a  mission  upon 
condition  that  not  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty 
dollars  need  be  appropriated  from  the  missionary  treas- 
ury.    Berne  was  taken  from  Kutztown  Cir.  and  attached 


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163 


to  Womelsdorf  Cir.  Muehlbacli  and  Schaeferstown 
classes  were  taken  from  Womelsdorf  Cir.  and  annexed 
to  Lebanon  Sta. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

Inasmuch  as  a  debt  still  encumbered  the  Albright 
church,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  prepare  lists  of 
the  unpaid  subscriptions  and  to  forward  them  to  the 
preachers  in  charge  who  were  instructed  to  do  all  in 
their  power  to  gather  the  money  daring  the  coming 
year.  It  was  furthermore  agreed  that  should  the  re- 
quired amount  not  be  forthcoming  by  the  next  session, 
the  preachers  will  unite  and  pay  the  remaining  debt. 
C.  Meyers,  H.  Stoezel,  and  jST.  Goebel  w^ere  appointed 
to  supeiintend  the  erection  of  a  church  in  Newark,  N.  J. 

EDUCATION. 

Union  Seminary  being  seriously  crippled  in  its  opera- 
tions and  injfluence  on  account  of  the  numerous  unpaid 
subscriptions  among  the  people,  the  Conference  en- 
treated such  debtors  to  pay  their  subscriptions  as  soon 
as  possible,  for  the  sake  of  their  own  honor  and  for  tho 
sake  of  the  prosperity  of  that  institution.  Reuben 
Deisher  was  elected  agent  for  the  seminary  and  the 
brethren  resolved  to  assist  him  to  the  extent  of  their 
ability.  A  subscription  list  was  circulated  in  the  Con- 
ference and  the  sum  of  $375.00  was  secured.  J.  F. 
Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  and  Levi  Miller  were  elected  trustees 
of  the  seminary.  The  preachers  were  instructed  to 
secure  donations  of  books  for  the  school.  F.  IIt)lfman, 
S.  Neitz,  J.  Yeakel,  and  W.  L.  Reberwere  appointed  to 
examine  the  junior  preachers  in  their  studies  at  the 
next  annual  session. 


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[1859. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  Meyers, 
P.E. 

Philadelphia  Sta.— P.  Krecker. 

South  Philadelphia  Sta.— T.  Platten- 
berger. 

North  Philadelphia  ]Miss.— J.  Yeakel. 

Germantown  Sta.— W.  H.  Bachman. 

Montgomery  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr  and  Jos. 
Werner. 

Milford  Cir.— I.  Hess  and  D.  Wieand. 

Leiiigh  Cir.  —  G.  T.  Haines  and  T. 
Bowman. 

Allentown  Sta.— W.  Heim. 

Northampton  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads  and 
E.  Butz. 

Monroe  Cir.— S.  Gaumer  and  D.  Ham- 
bright. 

Easton  Sta.— W.  L.  Reber. 

New  Jersey  Cir.— J.  A.  Apgar. 

New  York  Sta.— H.  Stoetzel. 

New  York  Miss. — H.  Koester. 

Newark  Miss.— N.  Goehel. 

Camden  Miss.— J.  Frey. 

Norristown  Miss.— J.  Schneider. 

Lebanon  District— J'.  Hoffman,  P.  E. 


Lebanon  Sta —Reuben  Yeakel. 
Lebanon  Cir.— J.  Gross  and  F.  Walker. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— Jacob  Adams  and  A. 

Boetzel. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Kutztown  Cir. — A.  Ziegenfus. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr  and  J.  Zern. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 
Chester  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
Dauphin  Cir.-E.  B.  Miller. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— M.  Guhl. 

Orwigsburg  District— ,S.  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
OrwigsburgCir.— J.  P.  Leib. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— Moses  Dissinger. 
Carbon  Cir.— J.  Schell  and  J.  Specht. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— R.  Litzenberger. 
Lykens  Cir.— Wm.  Yost  and  M.  Sind- 

linger. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— Geo.  Knerr  and  Jos. 

Kutz. 
Wiconisco  Sta.— T.  Sebold. 
Pottsville  Sta.— L  Snyder. 
Tamaqua  Miss. — E.  Ely. 


1859. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents,  Bishops  J.  Sejbert  and  J.  Long. 

Secretary,  C.  G.  Koch. 

Assista7it  Secretaries,  B.  Hengst,  J.  J.  Esher,  and  C. 
A.  Schnake. 

The  delegates  representing  the  eight  annual  confer- 
ences of  the  Evangelical  Association  assembled  in  the 
Zion  Evangelical  Chnrch  at  Naperville,  111.,  October 
5th,  1859,  to  hold  the  regular  qnadrennial  session  of  the 
General  Conference.*     The  two  bishops  and  fiftv-two 

*See  Preface  on  page  98. 


1859.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      165 

delegates  were  in  attendance.  Chai-oes  were  preferred 
against  a  delegate  for  advocating  theories  contrary  to 
our  doctrines  as  defined  in  the  Articles  of  Faith,  The 
charge  was  declared  sustained.  The  Conference  re- 
solved that  an  English  Sunday-school  periodical  be  pub- 
lished as  soon  as  5,000  subscribers  have  been  secured. 
The  new  periodical  was  named  The  Sundmj -  School 
Messenger.  At  this  session  the  board  of  publication  was 
created.  The  name  of  the  West  Pa.  Conference  was 
changed  to  The  Central  Pa.  Conference. 

The  number  of  bishops  was  increased  to  three.  J. 
Seybert  and  J.  Long  were  re-elected,  and  W.  W.  Orwig 
was  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Bishop.  The  other 
officers  were  elected  as  follows:  General  book  agent, 
C.  Hammer;  editor  of  the  ChristUche  Botschafter,  C. 
G.  Koch ;  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger,  T.  G. 
Clewell;  coriesponding  secretary  of  the  Missionary 
Society,  R.  Yeikel.  S.  Neitz  was  elected  to  represent 
the  East  Fa.  Conference  in  the  board  of  publication. 
W.  Garret  and  Daniel  Saylor  were  elected  trustees  of 
the  Charitable  Society.  The  Iowa  Conference  was 
formed,  and  The  Sunday-school  and  Tract  Union 
organized.     The  delegates  celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper. 

The  following  statistics  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion were  reported  : 

Traveling  Preachers 317 

Local  Preachers 268 

Entire  Membership 38,310 

Churches 434 

Parsonages 81 

Sunday-schools 423 

Officers  and  Teachers 4,452 


16G  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1860. 

Scholars 18,473 

Catechetical  Chtsses 102 

Catechumens 1,291 


1860. 

The  Timnty-Flrst  (53<:/)  Animal  Session. 

President^  Bishop  W.  W.  Orwig. 

Secretary^  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries^  J.  Koehl  and  F.  Krecker. 

On  Wednesday,  Feb.  29th,  1860,  the  members  of 
the  East  Pa.  Conference  met  at  Annville,  Lebanon  Co., 
Pa.,  to  transact  the  business  of  their  annual  session.  W. 
H.  Bachman  was  appointed  to  report  the  proceedings 
for  the  Evangelical  Messenger.  The  following  com- 
mittees were  appointed:  On  Worship, — The  Bishop, 
F.  Hoffman,  S.  Neitz,  J.  Gross,  and  E..  Yeakel;  On 
Letters,— G.  T.  Haines,  S.  Neitz,  C.  Meyers,  F.  Hoff- 
man, and  C.  S.  Haman;  On  Finance,^ — I.  Hess,  S.  G. 
Ehoads,  and  W.  Yost;  On  Boundaries, — The  presiding 
elders,  G.  T.  Haines,  and  J.  P.  Leib. 

It  was  announced  that  a  local  preacher  had  been  de- 
posed from  the  ministry  and  expelled  from  the  church 
during  the  past  year.  E.  Bast  withdrew  from  the 
church.  R.  Deisher,  S.  Gauiner,  W.  Heim,  and  Joseph 
Werner  located;  the  last  two  on  account  of  bodily  in- 
firmities. W.  L.  Reber  took  a  superannuated  relation. 
Bishop  John  Seybert  and  Abiaham  Frey,  a  local 
preacher,  died  during  the  past  year.  S.  Neitz  was  re- 
elected, and  G.  T.  Haines  and  S.  G.  Rhoads  were 
newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder,  but  S.  G. 


I860.]  TllK    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCK.  167 


Rhoads  declining  to  accept  the  office  for  reasons  which 
were  satisfactory  to  the  Conference,  L.  Siijdei-  was 
elected  in  his  place.  The  presiding  elders  were  stationed. 
Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  W.  H.  Bachman  and  J. 
Zern,  and  Deacons'  orders,  to  E.  Butz,  J.  Specht,  A. 
Boetzel,  T.  Harper,  and  J.  Bertolet.  George  Harm 
received  license  as  preacher  on  trial.  A.  Schultz  Avas 
again  received,  and  T.  Harper,  H.  Kempfer,  J.  Steltzer, 
D.  Yingst,  L.  Schmidt,  G.  B.  Fisher,  and  S.  S.  Chubb 
were  newly  received  into  the  itineiancy.  S.  Neitz  was 
elected  delegate  to  the  board  of  missions.  Jhe  claim- 
ants were  Sister  Schnerr  and  one  child,  Sister  Hesser, 
and  Sister  Bisse  and  two  children. 

The  custom  of  retaining  in  the  itinerancy  such 
preachers  who  had  located  was  abolished.  It  was  re- 
solved that  when  a  preacher  becomes  a  widower  and  is 
obliged  to  continue  housekeeping,  his  support  shall  be 
the  same  as  though  his  wife  were  living.  On  Simdav 
forenoon  Bishop  Long  preached  the  ordination  sermon. 
In  the  afternoon  Bishop  Orwig  ordained  the  candidates 
for  orders,  after  which  the  Lord's  Supper  was  solemnly 
observed.  Bishop  Orwig  being  necessitated  to  leave  in 
order  to  preside  over  the  Central  Pa.  Conference  he 
was  respectfully  excused.  Bishop  Long  presided  during 
the  I'emainder  of  the  session.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  look  after  the  affairs  of  the  missions  of  this 
Conference  during  the  year  and  to  report  at  the  next 
annual  session.  The  Conference  resolved  to  organize 
a  Sunday-school  and  Tract  Society,  auxiliary  to  the 
parent  society  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  S.  Neitz, 
J.  Yeakel,  and  S.  G.  Rhoads  were  appointed  to  draft  a 
suitable  constitution  and  to  report  at  the  next  annual 
session. 


168  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS,  [1860. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Williams  Township  was  detached  from  Easton,  and  the 
latter  constituted  a  mission.  New  York  Mission  was 
called  Jersey  City  Mission.  All  the  appointments  on 
Lehigh  Circuit  south  of  Lehigh  Mountain,  together  with 
Bethlehem,  Freemansburg,  and  Williams  Township 
were  formed  into  a  new  field  called  Bethlehem  Circuit ; 
Cedar  Creek,  Catasauqua,  Bliem's  class,  Emaus,  and 
Macungie  to  remain  as  Lehigh  Circuit.  Fricetown, 
Oley,  Friedensburgh,  and  Ccxtown  (Fleetwood)  were 
taken  from  Milford  and  annexed  to  Kntztown  Cir., 
wdth  the  understanding  that  Hamburg  and  Leesport  be 
taken  into  consideration  by  the  preachers.  Fisher's 
class  was  restored  to  Lebanon  Circuit,  Wiconisco  Sta. 
was  annexed  to  Lykens  Cir.,  and  Zion,  Deepcreek,  and 
Mahanoy  were  detached  from  the  circuit  and  formed 
into  a  new  field  to  be  known  as  Ashland  Cir.  The  Con- 
ference was  divided  into  four  presiding  elder  districts. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS, 

Permission  was  granted  to  the  stationing  committee 
to  re-appoint  the  missionary  of  the  North  Philadelphia 
Miss,  for  one  year  additional,  on  account  of  the  existing 
circumstances  incident  to  the  church  building  project.* 

It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  the  New  Jersey  Cir. 
should  receive  no  support  from  the  Conference.  Inas- 
much as  there  still  remained  a  debt  upon  the  Albright 
Memorial  Church,  the  preachers  present  paid  it  and  re- 
solved that  henceforth  the  Conference  will  assume  no 
responsibility  for  the  financial  management  of  this 
church  and  that  all  its  affairs  are  herewith  referred  to 

*This  action  was  declared  irregular  by  the  General  Conference  of  1863. 


I860.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE,      169 


the  congregation  worshipping  there.  Permission  was 
given  to  the  missionaries  and  collectors  of  mission 
churches  to  gather  contributions  within  the  bounds  of 
the  Conference. 

EDUCATION. 

L.  Snyder  and  J.  Swab  were  elected  trustees  of  Union 
Seminary.  L.  Snyder,  G.  Knerr,  and  W.  Yost  were 
appointed  a  visiting  committee  to  attend  the  commence- 
ment exercises.  The  last  Thursday  in  February  of  each 
year  was  appointed  as  a  day  of  prayer  for  our  several 
institutions  of  learning.  The  following  were  elected 
to  examine  the  junior  preachers  in  their  studies  at  the 
next  session :  F.  Hoffman  in  theology,  W.  L.  Reber  in 
discipline,  J.  Yeakel  in  German  grammar,  S.  G.  Rhoads 
in  English  grammar,  and  S.  Neitz  in  secular  and  eccle- 
siastic^d  history. 

MEMORIAL. 

Whereas,  It  pleased  the  Great  Head  of  the  Churc.li 
on  the  fourth  day  of  January,  1859,  to  call  our  highly 
esteemed  and  universally  beloved  first  bishop,  John  Sey- 
bert,  from  the  post  of  duty  which  he  so  faithfully 
guarded,  and  to  conduct  his  spirit  into  the  world  of  the 
blessed,  therefore  be  it 

Resolved.,  That  in  his  decease  our  church  has  lost  an 
energetic  and  devoted  shepherd  and  teacher,  plain  and 
unassuming,  but  true.  Though  deeply  sensible  of  our 
loss,  we  yet  seek  to  be  submissive  to  the  will  of  God  in 
the  mysterious  ways  of  liis  Providence,  and  rejoice  that 
after  having  endured  many  labors  and  outstood  many 
conflicts,  our  sainted  bishnp  has  entered  into  rest.  We 
pray  that  a  double  portion  of  his  spirit  may  abide  upon 
our  ministry  now  and  at  all  times.     Amen! 

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[186L 


APPOINTMENTS 


Philadelphia  District— (r.  T.  Haines, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  P.  Lelb. 
South  Philadelphia  Sta.— F.  Walker. 
N'th  Philadelphia  Miss.— S.  P.  ReinoeJil. 
Germautown  Sta  — C.  Meyers. 
Montgomery  Cir.  — T.   Sebokl  and  J. 

Kutz. 
Milford  Cir.— D.  Wieand  and  T.  Plat- 

teuberger. 
Kutztown  Cir. — A.  Ziegenfus  and  K. 

Litzenberger. 
Bethlehem  Cir.— F.  Krecker   and   II. 

Kempfer. 
Camden  Miss. — L.  Schmidt. 
Norristown  ;.Iiss.— J.  Schneider. 

Lehigh  District— &  Xeiu,  P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Lehigh  Cir. — Moses  Dissinger. 
Monroe  Cir.— J.  Frey  and  G.  B.  Fisher. 
Carbon  Cir.— A.  Schultz  and  J.  Specht. 
Northampton    Cir.— E.    Butz    and    T. 

Bowman. 
Easton  Miss.-  -J.  Yeakel. 
New  York  Sta.— E.  Ely. 
Newark  Miss.— N.  Goehel. 
Jersey  City  Miss.— n.  Koester. 


New  Jersey  Cir  — D.  Hambright. 

Lebanon  District— K  Hoffman,  P.  E. 

Reading  Sta. — I.  Hess. 

Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  Gingrich  and  T. 

Harper. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Lebanon    Cir.— J.    O.    Lehr    and   M. 

Guhl. 
Lancaster  Sta. — J.  G.  Marquardt. 
Lan(;aster   Cir.  — F.   P.    Lehr   and   S. 

Steitzer. 
Chester  Cir.— J.  A.  Apgir. 
Harrisburg  Miss. — A.  Boefzel. 
Dauphin  Cir. —E.  B.Miller. 

Orwigsbdrg    District  —  L.    Snyder, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir. — H  Stoetzel. 
Schuylkill    Cir.  —  J.    Schell    and    D. 

Yingst. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.  — C.  S.  Haman. 
Pinegrove  dr.— Jacob  Adams. 
Tamaqua  Miss.— W.  H.  Bachman. 
Lykens  Cir.— W.  Yost  and  J  Zern. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— G.  Knerr  and  S.  SL 

Chubb. 
Ashland  Cir. — M.  Sindlinger. 
Pottsville  Sta.— J.  Gross. 


1861. 

The   Tioenty-Second  (o-ith)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Loilg. 

Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  John  Koehl  and  S.  G.  Rhoads. 

The  members  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  assembled 
in  annnal  session  at  Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa,,  on  Wednes- 
day, February  27th,  1861,  Bishop  Long  presiding.  The 
secretary  was   instructed   to  report   the  proceedings  to 


1861.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  I7l 

the  Evangelical  Messenger.  The  following  standing 
committees  were  appointed  :  On  Worship,  —  The 
Bishop,  the  presiding  elders,  and  the  preacher  in  charge  ; 
On  Letters,— G.  T.  Haines,  S.  Neitz,  C.  Meyers,  F. 
Hoffman,  and  L.  Snyder;  On  Finance, — ^I.  Hess,  S.  P. 
Keinoehl,  and  J.  Schell;  On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop 
and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Statistics, — J.  Gross,  J. 
P.  Leib,  and  A.  Schnltz;  On  Education, — F.  Hoff maii,W. 
Yost,  P.  Deisher,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  and  J.  Yeakel;  On 
Missions,— G.  T.  Haines,  F.  Hoffman,  and  W.  L,  Peber. 

A.  H.  Theobold  resigned  his  license  as  local  preacher. 
This  Conference  was  informed  that  a  local  preacher  had 
been  deposed  from  the  ministry  and  expelled  from  the 
church  during  the  year.  Jacob  Sclmeider  located  on 
account  of  ill  health.  D.  Berger  took  a  supeiannuated 
relation,  C.  B.  Fliehr  desiring  to  enter  a  western  con- 
ference received  credentisils.  M.  Guhl  -was  ordained 
to  the  office  of  Elder.  The  following  were  ordained  to 
the  office  of  Deacon  :  J.  Ivutz,  D.  Yuengst,  T.  Bowman, 
J.  A.  Apgar,  J.  Steltzer,  Abr.  Saylor,  and  H.  Kletzins;. 
J.  K.  Knerr  received  license  as  preacher  on  trial.  W. 
Heim  and  P.  Deisher  were  again  received,  and  J.  Kurtz 
and  1.  E.  Knerr  were  newly  received  into  the  itiner- 
ancy. S.  Neitz  was  elected  delegate  to  the  board  of 
missions.  The  conference  claimants  were  Sister  Schnerr 
and  one  child,  Sister  Bisse  and  two  children,  and  Sister 
Hesser. 

It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  the  presiding  bishop 
shall  appoint  the  various  committees,  unless  the  Con- 
ference orders  otherwise  in  special  cases.  The  action 
of  the  board  of  publication  of  our  church  in  appointing 
S.  Neitz  to  write  the  biography  of  Bishop  Seybert  was 


172  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1861. 

endorsed,  and  he  was  advised  to  hegin  the  work  at  once. 
In  accordance  witli  this  action  S.  Neitz  resi<i;ned  liis 
presiding  eldership  and  W.  L.  Reber  wa^  elected  in  his 
place.  The  secretary  vs^as  instructed  to  procure  a  suit- 
able record  in  which  to  enter  the  statistics  of  the  Con- 
ference. It  w;is  agreed  that  if  the  presiding  elders  can 
not  collect  their  house  rent  in  the  ordinary  way  that 
they  be  permitted  to  draw  the  deficiency  out  of  the 
general  salary  fund.  The  Conference  resolved  not  to 
recognize  the  probation  system  and  therefore  not  to 
take  it  into  account  in  the  statistics;  nevertheless  it  was 
left  optional  witli  the  various  congregations  to  proceed 
according  to  their  judgment  in  the  reception  of  mem- 
bers. Pursuant  to  this,  the  question,  "  How  many 
newly  received  members?"  was  substituted  for  ''How 
many  memluM's  on  probation  ? "  in  the  statistical  blank. 
The  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  reported  a 
constitution  for  a  Sunday-school  and  Tract  Society  of 
this  Conference.  The  report  was  adopted  and  the  so- 
ciety organized  by  tlie  election  of  the  following  officers : 
President,  S.  G.  Rhoads;  Vice  President,  J.  Yeakel; 
Secretary,  J.  Koehl ;  Treasurer,  F.  Krecker.  The  mem- 
bers then  pjiid  in  the  sum  of  $26.45.  A  resolution 
strongly  denouncing  so-called  gift-book  enterprises  and 
similar  humbugs,  and  earnestly  counselling  preachers 
and  people  to  use  their  influence  against  them  was 
adopted.  On  Sunday  forenoon  Bishop  (Jrwig  preached 
the  ordination  sermon.  The  ordination  services  were 
held  in  the  afternoon,  after  which  preachers  and  people 
celebrated  the  Lord's  Supper.  Bishop  Long  preached 
in  the  evenino;. 


1861.]  THK    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  173 

BOUNDARIES. 

Norristown  and  Phoenixville  were  constituted  a  mis- 
sion. Annville,  Steelston,  Campelstown,  Elmira,  and 
Meyers  class  were  called  Annville  Circuit.  Jonestown, 
Mt.  Nebo,  Mountville,  Fisher's  class,  Fredericksburgh, 
Union  ChurcL,  and  Boltz's  class  were  called  Jonestown 
Circuit.  Tauiaqua  was  made  a  station.  Meyerstown, 
Eby's  class,  Scbaeferstown,  Albright  church,  Livingood 
class,  Stricklerstown,  and  Richland  were  formed  into 
Myerstown  Circuit.  Hast;nberg,  Brownstown,  Fair- 
ville,  Flickinger  church,  Keamstown,  Adamstown, 
Mohn's  church,  Mohnsville,  and  Brendels  were  organ- 
ized into  Fairville  Circuit.  Bernville,  Berne  Twp., 
Klein's,  Straustown,  Dundore's,  Forge,  Womelsdorf,and 
Kewmanstown  were  called  Woraelsdurf  Circuit.  Cata- 
wissa  Yalley  and  Shamokin  were  annexed  to  Ashland 
Circuit.  Cressona  and  Friedcnshui-g  were  called  Cres- 
sona  Circuit.  Zion  class  was  taken  from  Ashland  Cir. 
and  annexed  to  Lykens  Cir.  Port  Carljon  and  St.  Clair 
was  called  Port  Carbon  Cir.  Millerstown  class  was 
taken  from  Milford  Cir.  and  annexed  to  Lehigh  Cir. 
Hanover  church  was  taken  from  Dauphin  Cir.  and  at- 
tached to  Annville  Cir.  An  English  mission  was  located 
in  the  city  of  Reading.  New  York  Miss,  was  connected 
with  Union  Hill.  The  trustees  of  Mt.  Bethel  congre- 
gation, Cecil  Co.,  Md ,  received  permission  to  sell  their 
church,  pay  the  debts  and  report  at  the  next  session  of 
the  Conference. 

EDUCATION. 

The  trustees  representing   this  Conference  were  in- 
structed to  adopt  measures  for  the  endowment  of  Union 


174 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1861. 


Seminary  as  soon  as  the  financinl  condition  of  the 
country  will  warrant  it,  and  to  o-ather  in  all  outstand- 
ing subscriptions  and  the  scholarships  of  such  persons 
who  are  sufficiently  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the 
school  to  surrender  them.  L.  Snyder  resigned  the  trus- 
teeship of  the  seminary  and  J.  Yeakel  was  elected  in 
his  place.  H.  Stoetzel  and  H.  Eberly  were  newly 
elected  trustees.  W.  H.  Bachm;in,  W.  Ileim,  and  A. 
Boetzel  were  appointed  a  visithig  (committee  to  attend 
the  closing  exercises  of  Union  Seminary. 

Recognizing  the  weighty  responsibihty  resting  upon 
us,  with  reference  to  the  coming  generation,  and  con- 
vinced of  the  usefulness  of  catechetical  instruction,  be 
it  herewith  Resolved,  That  in  the  coming  year  we  will 
faithfully  and  diligently  observe  the  duties  imposed 
upon  us  by  our  Church  Discipline  in  this  respect. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philapelphia  District— (?.  T.  Haines, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— G.  Knerr. 
Sth.  Philadelphia  Sta.— F.  Walker. 
Nth.   Philadelphia   :Miss.— J.  G.  Mar- 

quardt. 
Germantowa  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
Montgomery    Cir.— T.    Sebold  and   J. 

Kutz. 
Milford  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus  and  I.  E. 

Knerr. 
Kiitztown  Cir.— B.  Butz  and  J.  Kurtz. 
Bethlehem  Cir.— P.   Krecker  and    H. 

Kempfer. 
GlassboroughMiss.— L.  Schmidt. 
Norristown  Miss.-D.  Wieand. 

Lehigh  District— IF.  L.  Rebcr,  P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta.— S.  ii.  Klioads. 
Lehigh  Cir.— Moses  Dissiuger. 
Monroe  Cir.— T.  Phittenberger  and  S. 

S.  Chuijb. 
Carbon  Cir.— A.  Shultz  and  II.  Kocster. 


Nortliampton  Cir.— T.  Bowman. 
New  Jersey  Cir.— D.  Hambright. 
New  York  Sta.— E.  Ely. 
New  York  Miss.— J.  Specht. 
Newark  Miss.— J.  Steltzer. 
Easton  Miss.— J.  Yeakel. 

Lebanon  DisTRiCT-i^'.  Hoffman,  P.  E. 
Heading  Sta— I.  Iless. 
Reading  Miss.— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Lancaster  Sta.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.— W.  H.  Bachman. 
Anuville  Cir.— M.  Guhl. 
Jonestown  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Meyerstown  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Womelsdorl  Cir,— N.  Goeliel. 
Fairville  Cir.— K.  Deisher  and  E.  B. 

Miller. 
Lancaster  Cir.— R.    Litzenberger   and 

T.  Harper. 
Chester  Cir.— J.  A.  Apgar. 
Havrisburg  Miss.— U.  Stoetzel. 


1862.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


175 


OKwiGSBURG  District  —  L.    Smjaer, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— C.  S.  Haman. 
©rwigsburg  Cir.— J.  Schell. 
SchBylkill  Cir.— J.  Zern. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.— W.  Tost. 
Pinegrove  Cir.— J.  Adams. 


C.   Gingrich    and    A. 
W.  Heim  and  M. 


Lykens   Cir 

Boetzel. 
JIahantongo  Cir. 

SincUmger. 
Aslilarid  Cir.— J.  Gross. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— S.  P.  Eeinoehl 
Crcssona  Cir.— J.  P.  Leih. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— J.  Frey. 


1862. 

The   Tu'eaty-Tlilrd  {jiUli)  Annual  Session 

President^  Bishop  W.  W.  Orwig. 

Secretary^  John  Koehl. 

Assistant  Secretary,  C.  S.  Hamnn. 

The  twenty  third  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference 
-was  held  in  the  city  of  Eeading,  Pa.,  beginning  on 
Wednesday,  February  26th,  1862.  S.  G.  Ehoads  was 
appointed  to  report  the  proceedings  of  the  Conference 
for  tlie  Evangelical  Afessenger.  The  Bishop  appointed 
the  following  standing  committees:  On  Worship, — 
The  presiding  elders  and  the  preachers  in  charge  of  the 
Eeading  churches ;  On  Letters, — J.  Yeakel  and  J.  P. 
Leib  ;  On  Finance,— S.  P.  Eeinoehl,  W.  Yo>t,  and  F. 
Kre(-ker  ;  On  St^itistics,— C.  Meyers,  A.  Shultz,  and  R. 
Deisher  ;  On  Education,— H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Yeakel,  and 
W.  Yost;  On  Publication  of  Manuscripts,— S.  Neitz 
and  F.  Ivrecker. 

H.  Kempfer,  D.  Hambright,  and  H.  Koester  located 
on  account  of  family  affairs,  and  T.  Sebold  on  account 
of  ill  healtli.  P.  H.  Lohr  withdrew  from  the  church. 
Credentials  were  granted  to  F.  W.  Walker  who  desired 
to  unite  with  the  Illinois  Conference.  S.  Neitz  was 
elected  Presiding  Elder.     A.  Boetzel,  J.  Specht,  and  E. 


176  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1862. 

Blitz  were  ordained  to  tlie  office  of  Elder  ;  S.  S.  Chubb, 
L.  Schmidt,  G.  B.  Fisher,  C.  Wolf,  and  W.  Roiiers,  to 
the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  were  received  as 
preachers  on  trial :  Wm.  Alspach,  Benjamin  F.  Bohner, 
Levi  Miller,  Augustus  Scharf,  Simon  Frankenfield, 
Samuel  Brown,  Adam  Goetschel,  and  David  Lentz.  B. 
M.  LichtenAvalner,  C.  K.  Fehr,  C.  H.  Baker,  and  Seneca 
Breyfogel  were  received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  Con- 
ference beneticinries  were  Sister  Schnerr  and  one  child. 
Sister  Bisse  and  one  child,  and  Sister  Hesser.  S.Neitz 
was  elected  delegate  to  the  board  of  missions,  and  G. 
T.  Plaines  alternate. 

The  Charitable  Society  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion having  requested  the  appointment  oE  J.  F.  Leib  as 
its  agent  during  the  year,  the  Conference  granted  the 
request  and  retained  him  in  the  itinerancy.  It  was  re- 
solved that  hereafter  the  roll  of  the  Conference  be 
called  at  the  opening  of  each  daily  session,  and  the  ab- 
sentees held  acconntable.  The  stationing  committee 
was  insti-ucted  to  have  a  meeting  for  consultation  at 
each  annual  session  of  the  Conference,  prior  to  the  in- 
vestigation of  the  moral  and  official  conduct  of  the 
preachers.  The  object  of  the  ii-eeting  shall  be  to  con- 
sider such  brethren  who,  on  account  of  incompetency 
or  for  other  reasons,  cause  great  difficulty  in  the  station- 
ing, and  if  there  be  such  cases  to  report  them  to  the 
Conference  during  the  investigation.  S.  Neitz,  W.  L. 
Beber,  and  G.  T.  Haines  were  appointed  a  standing 
committee  on  missions  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  con- 
ference appointed  J.  F.  Leib  trustee  of  the  Custer  be- 
quest, with  instructions  to  gather  in  the  money  and  to 
obtain  good  security  for  it. 


1862.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.       1T7 

On  Smiday  forenoon  Bishop  Orwig  preaclied  an 
unctions  and  instructive  ordination  sermon  on  2  Tim. 
4:5.  In  the  afternoon  the  candidates  for  orders  were 
ordained,  after  which  preachers  and  people  celebrated 
the  Lord's  Supper.  C.  Meyers  delivered  the  com- 
munion address.  In  the  evening,  on  account  of  the 
great  throng  of  people,  sermons  were  preached  in  the 
upper  and  lower  audience  rooms  of  the  church.  On 
Monday  morning  Bishop  Orwig  left  the  Conference  in 
order  to  preside  at  the  session  of  the  Central  Pa.  Con- 
ference.    He  appointed  S.  Neitz  chairmai  in  his  place. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Millersburg,  Weber's  class,  Pauls  Yalley,  and 
Fisher's  class  were  taken  from  Lykens  Circuit  and 
organized  into  a  new  field,  called  Millerslnirg  Cir. 
Schuylkill  Haven  was  made  a  station.  The  Flat,  Cres- 
sona,  and  St.  Clair  were  formed  into  Cressona  Cir. 
Ashland  Cir.  was  extended  to  include  Hazleton  and  the 
territory  between  Hazleton  and  Mahanoy  City.  Albany 
was  taken  from  Schuylkill  Cir.  and  annexed  to  Kutz- 
town.  Port  Carbon  was  annexed  to  Pottsville  Station. 
Rising  Sun  was  transferred  from  the  North  Philadel- 
phia Mission  to  Germantown  Station.  Reading  Mission 
was  taken  from  Lebanon  District  and  added  to  Phila- 
delphia District.  Chester  Cir.  was  taken  from  Lebanon 
District  and  annexed  to  Lehigh  District. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

It  w^as  resolved  that  in  case  application  is  made  The 
Flat  shall  receive  its  rightful  share  of  the  parsonage 
at  Schuylkill  Haven.     Inasmuch  as  the  trustees  of  the 


178  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [186i 


Eno;lisli  Mission  in  the  city  of  Reading  have  sent  in  a 
petition  in  which  they  obligate  themselves  to  purchase 
and  pa,y  for  the  Mount  Zion  chnrch  of  the  Protestant 
Methodist  congregation  in  that  city,  in  case  we  send 
them  a  missionary  for  three  years  and  support  him; 
therefore,  be  it  Resolved^  That  we  regard  this  offer 
on  the  part  of  the  mission  a  noble  one  and  suggest  to 
them  not  to  be  concerned  about  the  continuation  of 
their  missionary  appropriation  in  case  they  keep  the 
promise  made  by  the  trustees,  in  the  purchase  of  said 
l)uilding.  It  was  decided  that  Dauphin  Circuit  is  en- 
titled to  the  entire  amount  of  money  collected  for  a 
parsonage  and  now  in  the  possession  of  J.  Ely,  upon 
the  ground  that  since  their  separation  from  Lebanon 
Cir.  the.y  have  received  none  of  the  interest  from  their 
portion  of  the  contributions ;  that  J.  Ely  be  authorized 
to  pay  the  money  to  W.  H.  Bachman,  preacher  in  charge 
of  Dauphin  Cir. ;  that  this  Conference  approves  of  the 
action  of  the  quarterly  conference  of  Dauphin  Cir.  of 
February  12, 1862,  viz :  That  W.  H.  Bachman  shall  pay 
the  half  of  this  money  to  H.  Stoetzel  (missionary  at  Har- 
risburg)  for  the  church  building  at  Harrisburg  and  that 
the  balance  of  the  money  be  applied  to  the  erection  of 
a  church  on  Dauphin  Cir.  S.  Neitz,  H.  Stoetzel  and 
C.  H.  Baker  were  appointed  a  committee  to  superin- 
tend the  erection  of  a  church  buil.ling  at  Harrisburg. 
S.  Neitz,  W.  L.  Reher  and  E.  Ely  were  appointed  a 
connnittee  to  act  with  reference  to  the  aifairs  of  our 
Enirlish  Mission  in  Readiuij;. 


EDDCATION. 


Tiie  trustees  representing  this  Conference  were  in- 
structed to   continue    Union   Seminary   upon  condition 


1862.] 


THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE. 


179 


that  the  aggregate  salary  of  the  teac^hers  does  not  ex- 
ceed sixteen  hundred  dollars.  S.  ISTeitz  and  J.  P.  Leib 
were  elected  ministerial  trustees,  and  Henry  Saylor  lay 
trustee  of  the  seminary.  The  Conference  agreed  to 
assist  the  newly  elected  agent  in  securing  one  hundred 
persons  who  are  willing  to  pay  $50  each,  and  in  gath- 
ering smaller  sums  for  the  henelit  of  the  seminary.  J. 
Yeakel,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  W.  Heim  were  appointed  a 
visiting  committee  to  attend  the  commencement  exer- 
cises. The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  session  to 
examine  junior  preachers  in  their  studies  was  continued, 
with  instructions  to  make  suitable  reports  to  Conference. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— G.  T.Haims, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— G.  Knerr. 
Sth.  Philadeiphia  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
Nfh.   Philadelphia    Miss.— J.    G.  Mar- 

quardt. 
Germautown  Sta.— M.  Gubl. 
:Momgomery  Cir.— F.  Krecker  (and  one 

to  be  supplied.) 
Milford  Cir.— J.    Adams   and   Seneca 

Breyfogel. 
Kutztown  Cir.— E.  Biitz  and  J.  Kurtz. 
Bethlehem  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus  and  K. 

M.  Lichteuwalner. 
Glassborough  Miss.— N.  Goebel. 
Norristown  Miss.— D.  Wieand. 
Reading  Miss.— J.  A.  Apgar. 

Lehigh  District— W.  L.  Reher,  P.  E. 
Lehigh  Cir.— I.  Hess  and  C.  K.  Fehr. 
Carbon  Cir.— S.   G.  Rhoads  (and  one 

to  be  supplied.) 
Allentown  Sta.— T.  Bowman. 
Monroe  Cir.— J.  Gross. 
Northampton  Cir.— T.  Harper  and  T. 

Plattenberger. 
New  Jersey  Cir.— (To  be  supplied.) 
New  York  Sta.— A.  Sohultz. 
New  York  Miss.— J.  Speoht. 


Newark  Miss.— J.  Steltzer. 
Easton  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 
Chester  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher. 

Lebanon  District— ,S'.  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— E.  Ely. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— M.  Dissinger. 
Fairville  Cir.  —  R.  Deisher  and  S.  S. 

Chubb. 
Meyerstown  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  Sehell. 
Jonestown  Cir.— J.  Kutz. 
.\unville  Cir.— L.  Schmidt. 
Lancaster  Cir.— R.  Litzenbergerand  C. 

H.  Baker. 
Lancaster  Sta.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.- W.  H.  Bachman. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— H.  Stoetzel. 

OrwiciSburg  District  —  L.   Snyder, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Zern. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— W.  Yost. 
Cressona  Cir.— E.  B.  Miller. 
Pinegi'ove  Cir.— F.  Hoffman. 
Pottsville  Sta.— C.  S.  Hainan. 
Ashland  Cir.— J.  Frey  and  L  E.  Knerr. 


180  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1863. 


Mahantongo  Cir.— A.  Boetzel  aud  M.    |    J.  f.   Leib,  agent  for  the  Charitable 


Sincllinger. 
Lykens  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
Millersburg  Cir.— W.  Heim. 


Society. 
J.  Yeakel,  collector  for  Union  Semi- 
nary. 


1863. 

The  Twenty-Fonrtli  {oGth)  Aunual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  W.  W.  Orwig. 

Secretary^  John  Koehl. 

Assistant  Secretary,  C.  S.  Hainan. 

The  memhers  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  assembled 
at  Millersburg,  Dauphin  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  Feb- 
ruary 25th,  1863.  In  the  absence  of  Bishop  Long  the 
Conference  was  opened  by  Bishop  Orwig.  F.  Krecker 
was  appointed  to  report  the  proceedings  for  the  Evan- 
gelical Messenger.  The  following  committees  were  ap- 
pointed :  On  Letters,' — C.  Meyers,  F.  Hoffman,  and  J. 
P.  Leib;  On  Worship, — W.  Heira  and  the  presiding 
elders;  On  Boundaries, — S.  Neitz,  G.  T.  Haines,  W.  L. 
E-eber,  and  L.  Snyder;  On  Finance, — I.  Hess,  S.  P. 
Reinoehl,  and  R.  Deisher;  On  Statistics, — A.  Schultz, 
T.  Bowman,  and  J.  Schell ;  On  Education, — J.  P.  Leib, 
H.  Stoetzel,  and  S.  G.  Ehoads. 

J.  Frey  located  on  account  of  ill  health.  Joseph 
Gross  was  placed  in  a  local  relation.  D.  Hechler,  a 
local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the  cinirch.  W.  L.  Reber 
resigned  his  office  as  presiding  elder  and  J.  Yeakel  Avas 
elected  to  fill  his  place.  T.  Bow^man,  J.  Steltzer,  and  D. 
Yingst  were  ordained  Elders ;  J.  Kurtz,  C.  K.  Fehr,  R. 
M.  Lichtenwahier,  C.  B.  Fliehr,  I.  E.  Knerr,  Seneca 
Breyfogel,   and  J.   C.  Bliem  Deacons.     C.  Loose  was 


1863.]      THE  EAST  pp:nnsylvania  conference.  181 


as'ain  received,  and  C.  B.  Flielir  and  D.  Lentz  were 
newly  received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  conference 
beneficiaries  were  Sister  Hesser,  Sister  Schnerr,  and 
Sister  Bisse  and  one  child. 

The  Conference  resolved  that  the  preachers  shall  not 
exchange  boai'ding  places  during  the  session.  Those 
present  were  forbidden  to  divulge  any  of  the  transac- 
tions occurring  during  secret  session  on  penalty  of  be- 
ino-  excluded  from  the  investigations  at  the  next  annual 
session.  Because  of  Bishop  Orwig's  delicate  health,  J .  P. 
Leib  was  appointed  to  preach  the  ordination  sermon  in 
the  event  that  Bishop  Long  should  not  arrive  in  time.  But 
the  latter  having  arrived  he  took  the  chair  and  presided 
during  the  remainder  of  the  session.  On  Sabbath  morn- 
ing lie  preached  the  ordination  sermon  in  his  usually  clear 
and  powerful  style,  taking  for  his  text,  2  Tim.  4:5,  and 
producing  a  profound  impression  upon  the  entire  congre- 
2:ation.  In  the  afternoon  after  the  ordination  services 
the  Conference  and  the  assembled  congregation  partici- 
pated in  the  Lord's  Supper,  during  which  the  Holy 
Spirit  was  poured  into  the  hearts  of  all  present,  S. 
Smith,  of  the  Central  Fa.  Conference,  preached  in  the 
evening. 

The  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the  General 
Conference  :  S.  Neitz,  G.  T.  Haines,  J.  Yeakel,  L. 
Snyder,  J.  P.  Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  S.  G.  Hhoads,  F. 
Krecker,  C.  Meyers,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  J.  Koehl.  The 
alternates  were  J.  Schell,  C.  S.  Haman,  and  I.  Hess. 
It  was  ordered  that  collections  to  defray  the  traveling 
expenses  of  delegates  to  the  General  Conference  be 
taken  at  all  the  appointments  during  the  month  of  July, 
and  that  collections  for  the  support  of   the    superan- 


182  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1863. 

nuated  preachers  be  taken  at  all  the  appointments  dur- 
ing the  month  of  Octol)er.  Tlie  preachers  were  in- 
structed to  organize  missionary  auxiliaries  wherever  it 
is  possible,  and  to  gatlier  contributions  by  other  means. 
Neglect  of  this  important  duty  on  the  part  of  any  was 
to  be  rebuked  by  the  presiding  elder  and  reported  to 
the  annual  Conference.  The  Conference  instructed  the 
presiding  elders  to  see  to  it  that  a  missionary  sermon  is 
preaclied  and  contributions  solicited  at  every  camp- 
meeting. 

S.  Neitz,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  and  H.  Stoetzel  having  been 
appointed  to  prepare  resolutions  upon  the  affairs  of  the 
country  made  the  following  report : 

Whereas,  We  are  in  harmony  with  the  Word  of  God, 
as  well  as  with  our  nineteenth  article  of  faith  which  de- 
clares the  Union,  the  Constitution  and  the  Government  of 
the  United  States  to  have  a  rightful  existence  and  to  be  a 
great  blessing  to  the  church  and  to  mankind  ;  and 
whereas  we  consider  the  present  fratricidal  and  satanic 
rebellion  in  the  South  as  groundless  and  without 
righteous  cause,  and  as  high  treason  against  our  glorious 
Union,  which  is  the  best  government  to  be  found  in  the 
earth  ;  and  whereas  we  consider  African  slavery  a  politi- 
cal, social  and  moral  evil,  the  product  of  hell,  "  the  sum 
of  all  baseness,"  a  remnant  of  heathenism,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  testimony  of  southern  statesmen  and  patriots, 
such  as  Johnson,  Holt,  Brownlow,  and  others,  the  only 
true  original  cause  of  tlie  present  ungodly  and  hellish 
rebellion  ;  therefore  be  it  unanimously 

Resolved^  1st,  That  we  declare  ourselves  to  be  un- 
conditionally in  favor  of  the  preservation  of  the  Union 
and  the    suppressing   of    the   rebellion.      2d,  That  we 


1863.]  THK    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  183 

heartily  approve  of  the  honest  and  patriotic  efforts 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  extirpate  the 
rebellion  root  and  branch,  and  to  place  an  undivided 
Union  upon  the  broad  foundation  of  civil  and  religious 
freedom  as  laid  in  the  Constitution;  that  we  wel- 
come the  "Emancipation  Proclamation"  as  timely  and 
as  conformable  to  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution  and 
the  beck  of  divine  Providence;  that  we  unanimously 
unite  in  supporting  with  our  influence  and  assistance 
our  government  in  the  stress  of  its  conflict  with  high 
treason,  tyranny,  and  slavery,  in  its  heroic  struggle  for 
order,  freedom,  right,  and  the  security  of  its  citizens ;  and 
that  above  all  we  will  remember  the  same  in  our  prayers 
before  God,  for  this  is  acceptable  before  the  Lord  our 
Saviour.  3d,  That  we  observe  with  deep  interest  and 
with  high  regard  the  self-denying,  sacrificing,  and  heroic 
spirit  which  our  soldiers  exhibit  on  every  battlefield, 
and  that  we  will  remember  them  in  our  prayers  and 
with  our  practical  support.  4th,  That  we  agree  with 
the  immortal  Washington,  the  father  of  our  precious 
freedom,  in  his  farewell  address,  that  party  animosity — 
without  regard  to  any  party  or  section — is  a  menace  to 
the  preservation  of  the  Union  and  of  liberty,  especially 
at  the  present  time  when  the  question  is  not  one  of  party 
ascendancy,  but  of  the  maintenance  and  perpetuation 
of  the  Union  and  the  life  of  the  nation.  We  therefore 
earnestly  and  fraternally  call  upon  all  loyal  and  pa- 
triotic citizens,  especially  all  members  of  the  Evangel- 
ical Association,  to  keep  themselves  free  from  this 
destructive  spirit  and  to  refrain  from  supporting  those 
political  papers  which  cultivate  such  an  influence.  5th, 
That  we  heartily  approve  of  the  attitude  taken  by  our 


184:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1863. 

periodicals,  the  Chrlstliche  Botschafter  and  the  Evan- 
gelical Messenger,  with  reference  to  the  affairs  of  our 
country  and  upon  the  question  of  slavery,  because  we 
believe  it  to  be  the  only  truly  loyal  one  in  these  times 
of  high  treason  and  secession,  and  that  we  therefore  call 
to  our  editors.  Assert  your  convictions  fearlessly,  you 
shall  and  must  he  sustained  ! 

These  resolutions  were  adopted  amid  great  enthu- 
siasm. T.  Gr.  Clewell,  editor  of  the  Messenger,  was 
requestecl  to  send  a  copy  of  them  to  the  President  of 
the  United  States. 

BOUNDARIES. 

]!^orristown  Mission  was  annexed  to  Montgomery  Cir- 
cuit. Camden  class  was  added  to  South  Philadelphia 
Station.  "The  Beach"  was  taken  from  Monroe  Cir- 
cuit and  joined  to  a  new  mission  called  Wayne  Mission. 
New  York  Mission  was  annexed  to  New  York  Station. 
Hazleton  and  vicinity  was  taken  up  as  a  mission.  Port 
Carbon  and  St.  Oair  were  taken  from  Pottsville  Sta- 
tion and  called  Port  Carbon  Circuit. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  request  of  the  members  of  the  North  Philadel- 
phia Mission  to  sell  their  present  church  in  order  to 
build  a  new  one  was  granted,  Conference,  however, 
not  making  itself  in  any  way  responsible  for  the  new 
buildiny:.  The  con2;reo::vtion  of  our  New  York  Station 
received  permission  to  send  out  a  collector  to  liquidate 
an  oppressive  debt.  Tlie  preacher  in  charge  of  Ann- 
ville  Cir.  was  authorized  to  collect  for  a  church  (not 
named)  on  that  circuit.  R.  Deisher  was  instructed  to 
collect  for  our  church  at  Ilarrisburo;. 


1863.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE,      185 
EDUCATION. 

The  Six  Year  Endoimnent  Plan. 

Th?  fi  laicial  con  lition  of  Uaion  Seminary  and  the 
new  plan  of  the  trustees  for  the  endowment  of  that  in- 
stitution were  submitted  by  Bishop  Orwig.  The  plan 
■was  aiopted.     It  is  as  follows  : 

The  endowment  shall  be  $15,600;  to  be  ra'sed  in  six 
years,  by  subscriptions.  Tliese  subscriptions  shall  be  in 
snms  of  ten,  five,  and  three  dollars  per  annum  for  a 
period  of  six  years.  Subscribers  of  ten  dollars  per  an- 
num shall  be  entitled  to  six  years'  tuition  for  their  con- 
tribution ;  those  subscribing  five  dollars,  to  two  and  a 
half  years'  tuition  ;  and  those  subscribing  three  dollars, 
to  tuition  f  jr  a  half  session  each  year  of  the  six.  As 
soon  as  the  sum  of  $15,600.00  ha 4  been  secured  the  en- 
dowment shall  be  valid.  Eaeh  subscriber  is  requested 
to  give  a  note  for  the  amount  of  his  subscription,  to  be 
paid  in  six  annual  installments  without  interest.  In 
order  to  execute  this  plan  effectively  each  of  the  two 
conferences  intere^tei  is  to  appoint  an  agent  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  preach  and  solicit  subscriptions.  The 
financial  statement  of  J.  Yeakel,  agent  for  the  seminary 
during  the  past  year,  was  as  follows  :  Subscriptions 
secured,  $6,059.00;  c  ish  receipts,  $1,087.50;  salary, 
hoTise  rent,  and  expenses,  $509.82.  H.  Stoetzel  was 
elected  the  agent  for  this  Conference.  Rev.  R.  Deisher 
and  Messrs.  J.  Schwab  and  H.  Wiest  were  elected  trus- 
tees. W.  Yost,  C.  S.  Ha.nan,  and  A.  Schultz  were  ap- 
pointed to  visit  the  closing  exercises  of  the  seminary. 
The  committee  to  exa  nine  junior  preachers  was  re-ap- 
pointed for  next  year. 

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186 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1863. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— G.  T.  Haines, 
P.E. 

Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Loos. 
South  Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
North  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Specht. 
Germaatown  Sta.— M.  Guhl. 
Montgomery  Cir.— F.  Krecber  (and  one 

to  be  supplied.) 
Milford  Cir.— E.  Butz  and  SeneoaBrey- 

fogel. 
Kutztown  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib  and  R.  M 

Lichtenwaluer. 
Bethlehem  Cir.— A.  Ziegeufus  and  J. 

Kurtz. 
Glassborough  Miss.- N.  Goebel. 

Lehigh  Distkict— J.  Yeakel,  P.  E. 
Lehigh  Cir.— Isaac  Hess  and  R.  Litzen- 

berger. 
Carbon  Cir.— S.  G.  Rhoads  and  J.  Zern. 
Allentown  Sta.— T.  Bowmau. 
Monroe  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Northampton   Cir.— W.    H.    Bachman 

and  C.  B.  Fliehr. 
New  York  Sta.— G.  Knerr. 
Newark  MiS5.— L.  Solimidt. 
Easton  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 
Wayne  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 

Lebanon  District— &  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Reading  ^sta.— D.  Wieaud. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  K.  Fehr. 


Fairville  Cir.— E.  Ely  and  C.  H.  Baker- 
Myerstown  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Jonestown  Cir.— J.  H.  Kutz. 
Annville  Cir.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Lancaster  Cir.— M.  Dissinger  and  S.  S. 

Chubb. 
Lancaster  Sta.— W.  L.  Reber. 
Dauphin  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Harrisburg  Miss.- R.  Deisher. 
Chester  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher  (and  one  to 

be  supplied.) 
Reading  (Eng.)  Miss.— J.  A.  Apgar. 

Orwigsburg   District  —  L.   Snyder, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Adams. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— A.  Boetzel. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  P.  lleinoehl. 
Cressona  Cir.— E.  B.  Miller. 
Piaegrove  Cir.— P.  Hoffman. 
Pottsville  St  I.— W.  Yost. 
Ashland    Cir.  —  C.    Gingrich   and   D. 

Lentz. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— A.  Schultz  and   J. 

Steltzer. 
Lykens  Cir.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Millersburg  Cir.— W.  Helm. 
Hazleton  Miss.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 
Agent  for  Union  Seminary— U.StoetzeL 


1863. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents,  Bishops  J.  Long  and  AV.  W.  Orwig. 
Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  R.  Dubs,  J.   G.  Zinser,  and  C. 
A.  Schnake. 


1863.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  187 

The  General  Conference  session  of  1863  was  held  in 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  l)eginning  October  1st  and  continuing 
until  October  20th.*  The  delegates  present  represented 
nine  annual  conferences.  The  examination  of  the  con- 
duct of  tlie  delegates  occurred  with  closed  doors.  The 
official  conduct  of  the  editors,  the  general  book  agent, 
and  the  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Missionary  So- 
ciety was  investigated  and  no  charges  preferred.  At 
this  session  The  Canada,  The  Michigan,  and  The  Kan- 
sas conferences  were  formed.  It  was  resolved  that  an 
English  Sunday-school  periodical,  called  The  Sunday- 
School  Messenger,  be  published. 

The  elections  resulted  as  follows  :  Bishops,  J.  Long 
and  J.  J.  Esher ;  editor  of  the  Christliche  Botschafter, 
W.  W.  Orwig;  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger,  T. 
G.  Clewell;  editor  of  the  S.  S.  and  Tract  Literature,  R. 
Yeakel;  general  book  agent,  C.  Hammer;  correspond- 
ing secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society,  C.  F.  Deininger, 
who  resigned,  whereupon  Wm.  Yost  was  elected.  S. 
Neitz  was  elected  Presiding  Elder  of  our  Missions  in 
Germany,  but  respectfully  resigned,  after  which  J.  G. 
"Wollpert  was  elected.  S.  Neitz  was  chosen  to  represent 
the  East  Pa.  Conference  in  the  board  of  publication. 
The  Conference  elected  M.  F.  Maize,  W.  E.  Boyer, 
Charles  Wiltrout,  and  Thos.  Clouse,  trustees  of  the  Char- 
itable Society. 

The  following  statistics  were  reported:  Traveling 
Preachers,  386 ;  Local  Preachers,  358 ;  Entire  Member- 
ship, 47,674;  Churches,  632;  Parsonages,  129  ;  Sunday- 
schools,  584;  Officers  and  Teachers,  6,026;  Scholars, 
26,483;  Catechetical  Classes,  187;  Catechumens,  1,687. 

•See  Preface  on  page  98. 


188  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1864. 


1864. 

The   Tiventy-Fifth  {57th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Long, 

Sscretary,  Frederii-k  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  Reuben  Deislier  and  C.  S.  Ila- 
man. 

The  Conference  was  opened  on  Thnrsdaj,  February 
25th,  1864,  in  the  Immanucl  Evangelical  Church  at  Phil- 
delphia,  Pa.  The  following  committees  were  announced 
by  the  chairman:  On  Worship, — The  preacher  in 
charge  and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Letters, — J.  P. 
Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  and  H.  Stoetzel;  On  Statistics, — W. 
Heim,  A.  Schultz,  and  C.  K.  Fehr;  On  Finance, — J. 
Schell,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  and  G.  B.  Fisher;  On  Bounda- 
j-ies,. — The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On  Educa- 
tion,—F.  Hoffman,  W.  Yost,  S.  G.  Blioads,  L.  Snyder, 
and  C.  Meyers. 

P.  Schwerer,  Levi  Wentz,  and  H.  Schwarz  resigned 
their  licenses  as  local  preachers.  John  Kleinfelter, 
local  elder,  died  during  tbe  past  year.  W.  L.  Reber,  L. 
Sclimidt,  and  R.  Litzenberger  located  on  account  of  ill 
health;  W.  H.  Bachman,  on  account  of  family  concerns. 
G.  T.  Haines  and  L.  Snyder  were  re-elected  to  tbe  office 
of  Presiding  Elder.  S.  S.  Chubb,  T.  Harper,  G.  B. 
Fisher,  C.  H.  Baker,  and  J.  A.  Apgar  were  ordained 
Elders  and  David  Lentz,  Deacon.  John  Eckert  was 
again  received  as  local  elder.  J.  M.  Saylor  was  again 
received  into  the  itinerancy ;  B.  F.  Bohner,  S.  B.  Brown, 
Adam  Goetschel,  and  D.  Z.  Kemble  were  newly  received. 
The  following  received  license  as  preachers  on  trial: 
Jonas    F.    Yerger,    Aaron    H.    Overholt,    and    Henry 


1864.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      189 

Guelicli.  The  widows  and  orphans  having  claims  upon 
the  Conference  for  support  are  Sister  Hesser,  Sister 
Schnerr,  and  Sister  Bisse  and  one  child.  S.  Neitz 
was  elected  delegate  to  the  board  of  missions.  It  was 
announced  that  W.  Yost  had  been  elected  correspond- 
ing secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  by  the  General 
Conference  and  that  M.  Guhl  liad  been  called  as  mis- 
sionary to  California  by  the  board  of  missions.  Bishop 
J.  J.  Esher  was  introduced  to  the  Conference  by  S. 
Neitz  and  was  cordially  received. 

The  Conference  resolv^ed  that  the  presiding  elders 
shall  always  be  present  at  the  ordination  of  preachers 
and  that  the  presiding  Inshop  be  required  to  give  due 
notice  to  such  who  are  to  take  i>art  in  the  services.  On 
Sunday  forenoon  Bishop  Long  preached  the  ordination 
sermon  from  1  Cor.  iv:l-2.  After  the  sermon  the 
newly  elected  deacon  was  ordained.  In  the  afternoon 
the  elders  w^ere  ordained  after  which  the  Lord's  S upper 
was  celebrated. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Catasauqua  was  taken  from  Lehigh  Cir.  and  consti- 
tuted a  station,  l^ew  York  Miss,  was  again  taken  up 
and  supplied.  Norristown  and  Phoenixvillewere  taken 
from  Montgomery  Cir.  and  formed  into  a  station.  Tre- 
mont  was  taken  from  Finegrove  Cir.  and  called  Tre- 
mont  Cir.  An  English  Mission  was  located  in  Phila- 
delphia. Jonestown  Cir.  (with  the  exception  of  Zion 
class  which  was  annexed  to  Meyerstown  Cir.)  was  added 
to  Annville  Cir.  Bridesburg  and  vicinity  were  taken 
up  as  a  mission.  Deibert  class  was  taken  from  Schuyl- 
kill Haven  and  annexed  to  Cressona  Cir. 


190  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1864. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  Conference  urged  the  congregation  at  Hatfield 
to  build  a  new  church  at  Hatfield  ^YuJ.  C.  Loos,  H. 
Stoetzel,  and  J.  Specht  were  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  title  of  the  ground  held  by  the  North  Phila.  Mis- 
sion and  to  superintend  the  erection  of  a  new  church. 
Permission  to  collect  was  granted  to  all  debt-burdened 
churches,  with  the  proviso  that  only  missionaries  be 
allowed  to  go  beyond  their  respective  districts. 

EDUCATION. 

J.  Yeakel,  S.  Neitz,  and  J.  P.  Leib  were  appointed 
delegates,  and  J.  M.  Saylor  alternate,  to  the  Central  Pa, 
Conference  to  act  with  reference  to  the  aifairs  of  Union 
Seminary  according  to  their  best  judgment.  Trustees 
for  Union  Seminary  were  elected  as  follows  :  J.  M. 
Saylor  and  C.  S.  Hainan  for  three  years ;  A.  Schultz 
and  S.  P.  Reinoehl  for  two  years;  and  Henry  Maize — 
lay  member — for  three  years.  The  following  is  a  state- 
ment of  the  finances  of  the  seminary: 

Keceipts  of  the  seminary  from  its  origin  to 

February  10, 1861 $38,492.02f 

Expenditures  of  the  seminary  from  its  or- 
igin to  February  10,  1861 38,192.02f 

Present  financial  status  of  the  seminary : 

liabilities  : 

Outstanding  scholarships $11,000.00 

Borrowed  money  and  interest.  .      2,800.00 

$13,800.00 


1864.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      191 

Assets  : 

Scholarships $11,000.00 

Unpaid    subscriptions    in    East 

Pa.  Conference 789.00 

Unpaid    subscriptions   in  Cent. 

Pa.  Conference 812.00 

Furniture 200.00 

Cash  on  hand 28.14 


12,829.14 


Present  indebtedness . 


$      970.86 


FINANCE. 

Received  from  conference  collections $218.27 

"  "      the  Charitable  Society 95.16 

«  "        "     Book  Establishment 150.00 


Total Si63.43 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 463.43 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District—/^.    Snyder, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  Loos. 
Sth.  Philadelphia  Sta.— H.  Stoetzel. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Specht. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— J.  A.  Apgar. 
Germantown  Sta.— W.  Heim. 
Montgomery   Cir.— Seneca    Breyfogel 

and  G.  B.  Fisher. 

Norristown  and  Phoenixvllle, 

Milford  Cir.— E.  Butz  and  J.  Fry. 
Kutztown  Cir.— K.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Bethlehem   Cir.— N.    Goebel    and    J. 

Kurtz. 
Glassborovigh  ISIiss.- M  Sindlinger. 
Bridesburg  Miss.— W.  H.  Weidner. 

Lehigh  Distbict— ./.  Yenkel,  P.  E. 

Lehigh  Cir.— P.  Hoffman. 

Carbon  Cir  —J.  Zeru  and  A.  Goetschel. 


Allentown  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Monroe  Cir.— T  Harper. 
Wayne  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Northampton  Cir.— C.  B.  Fliehr  and  8. 

B.  Brown. 
New  York  Sta.— G.  Knerr. 
New  York  Miss.— C.  Myers. 
Newark  Miss.— A.  Ziegenfas. 
Easton  Miss.— I.  Hess. 
Hazleton  Miss.— I.  E.  Knerr. 

Lebanon  District— S.  Seitz,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— D.  Wieand. 
Reading  Eng.  Miss.— T.  Bowman. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— C.  K.  Fehr. 
Fairville  Cir.— C.  H.  Baker  and  B.  P. 

Bohner. 
Myerstown  Cir.— J.  Kutz. 
Lebanon  Sta.— S.  S.  Chubb. 


192 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1865. 


Annville  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 

Lancaster  Cir.— M.  Dissinger  and  G. 

Focht. 
Lancaster  Sta.— E.  Ely. 
Dauphin  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
HaiTisburg  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Chester  Cir.— E.  B.  Miller. 

Orwigsburg  District— (?.  T.  Haines, 

P.  E. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Adams. 
Tainaqua  Sta.— A.  Boetzel. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  P.  Reinoeh;. 


Cressona  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 
Pinegrove  dr.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Tremont  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Ashland    Cir.  —  C.    Gingrich    and   D. 

Lentz. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— A.  Schultz  and  J. 

Steltzer. 
Lykens  Cir.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Millersburg  Sta.— J.  AL  Saylor. 
Port  Carbon— J.  G.  Marquardt. 
W.  Yost,  Cor.  Secy,  of  the  Miss.  Soc'y. 
M.  Guhl,  missionary  to  California. 


1865. 

The  Twenty-Sixth  {58t/i)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Long. 

Secretary,  S.  G.  Rhoads. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  Henry  Stoetzel  and  C.  B. 
Fliehr. 

The  Conference  session  of  1865  was  opened  on 
Wednesda3\  February  22d,  1865,  in  Salem  Church, 
Allentown,  Pa.  The  chairman  appointed  the  follow- 
ing committees  :  On  "Worship, — The  presiding  elders 
and  the  preacher  in  cliJirge  ;  On  Letters, — F.  Hoffman 

F.  Krecker,  and  J.  Schell ;  On  Statistics, — A.  Schultz, 
W.  Heim,  and  R.  Deisher ;  On  Finance, — F.  Krecker 
R.  M,  Lichtenwalner,  and  C.  Myers;  On  Boundaries, 
— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders  ;  On  Education 
— J.  Yeakel,  F.  Hoffman,  L.  Snyder,  T.  Bowman,  and. 

G.  B.  Fisher;  On    Church    Affairs,— J.  P.  Leib,    C. 
Loos,  and  C.  S.  Haman. 

It  was  reported  that  a  local  preacher  had  been  ex- 
pelled from  the  church  during  the  year.     A .  Boetzel, 


1865.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE,      193 


elder,  withdrew  fr©m  the  church.  Immannel  Schugar, 
local  preacher,  died  during  the  past  year.  Geo.  Focht, 
desiring  to  unite  with  a  western  conference,  received 
his  credentials.  Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  C.  K. 
Fehr,  E.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  I.  E.  Knerr,  C.  B.  Fliohr, 
J.  Kurtz,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel.  Deacons'  orders  were 
granted  to  D.  Z.  Kenibel,  W.  H.  Weidner,  B.  F. 
Bohner,  A.  Goetschel,  G.  HMrm,  and  G.  Focht.  O.  L. 
Saylor,  L.  N.  Worman,  W.  W.  llhoads,  J.  C.  Horn- 
berger,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  J.  Laros,  L.  Kolb,  A.  Leopold, 
and  D.  Yeakel  received  license  as  preachers  on  trial. 
W.  H.  Weidner,  L.  N.  Worman,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  A.  H. 
Overholt,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  A.  Leopold,  and  B.  Moyer 
were  newly  received  into  the  itinerancy  ;  J.  Fry  and  D. 
Hambright  were  again  received.  A.  Hinckel  who  had 
withdrawn  in  1858  whs  again  received  into  his  former 
relation  of  deacon.  The  widows  and  orphans  who  re- 
ceive support  from  the  Conference  are  Sister  Hesser, 
Sister  Schnerr,  and  Sister  Bisse  and  one  child.  Each  of 
these  widows  received  8100  for  the  year. 

Permission  was  given  to  the  Sons  of  Temperance  of 
Allentown  to  hold  their  anniversary  service  in  this 
church  on  Tuesday  evening,  Fei»rnary  28th.  It  was  re- 
solved that  a  ciuiimittee  be  appointed  to  distribute  the 
appropriations  to  the  missionaries  for  the  past  year  and 
to  fix  the  appropriations  fur  the  coming  ye:^r. 

The  committee  appointed  to  prepare  resolutions  rela- 
tive to  the  civil  affairs  of  this  country  consisted  of  J. 
Yeakel,  J.  M.  Snylor,  and  J.  Koehl.  They  made  the 
following  report :  Whereas  We  are  still  decidedly  of 
the  loyal  opinion  expressed  upon  former  occasions,  as 
becomes  Christian  citizens ;  and  whereas,  since  the  last 


194  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1865. 

session  of  this  Conference,  certain  occurrences  in  the 
affairs  of  our  country  have  taken  place  which  deeply 
affect  our  national  life  and  its  future  preservation ; 
therefore  be  it  Hesolved,  1st,  That  we  most  heartily 
participate  in  tlie  spirit  of  thanksgiving  to  God,  which 
at  present  animates  all  true  lovers  of  our  glorious 
Union,  because  the  Great  Director  of  all  things  has  of 
late  given  our  armies  such  decided  victories  and  conse- 
quently secured  to  the  cause  of  right  the  ultimate  tri- 
umph, 2d,  That  M^e  herewith  express  our  gratitude  to 
God  that  the  hour  oi  freedom  for  all,  by  virtue  of  law, 
has  finally  come  in  this  land,  and  that  as  a  consequence 
we  may  entertain  the  hope  that  the  glorious  gospel 
will  have  free  course  throughout  the  entire  land  and 
find  access  to  alL  3d,  Tliat  the  recommendation  to 
Congress  to  change  the  constitution  of  the  U.  S.  so  as 
to  acknowledge  the  Most  High  Being  by  name,  meets 
with  our  approval,  and  that  we  heartily  desire  its  accom- 
plishment. 4th,  That  at  the  same  time  we  give  expres- 
sion to  our  profound  sympathy  for  the  surviving  fami- 
lies of  our  brave  soldiers  who  gave  their  lives  as  an 
oifering  upon  the  field  of  battle,  in  captivity,  nnd  in  the 
hospitals  of  the  war;  and  that  we  implore  the  blessings 
of  heaven  upon  all  their  sorrowing  ones. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  General  Confer- 
ence at  its  recent  session  ordered  an  English  Sunday- 
school  paper  and  fixed  the  price  of  that  periodical,  at 
the  same  time  lowering  the  price  of  the  Kinderfreundy 
the  board  of  publication  has  at  its  last  session  very  ma- 
terially increased  the  price  of  both  of  these  papers; 
therefore  be  it  Resolved,  That  as  a  Conference  we  pro- 
test against  the  action  of  the  board  of  publication  as 


1865.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  195 


injurious  to  tlie  spread  of  our  Sunday-school  periodicals, 
and  earnestly  request  the  board  to  recall  their  action 
upon  this  subject  and  to  abide  by  the  resolutions  of  the 
General  Conference. 

Bishop  Long  preached  an  appropriate  and  powerful 
ordination  sermon  on  Sunday  forenoon  from  Matt. 
XXIV  :  45-51.  After  the  sermon  the  ordination  of  dea- 
cons took  place.  A.  Goetschel,  who  could  not  be  pres- 
ent, was  ordained  deacon  on  the  following  Tuesday 
evening.  In  the  afternoon,  after  the  ordination  of  the 
elders,  the  Lord's  Supper  was  celebrated.  This  service 
will  never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  participated.     To 

God  be  all  the  glory.     In  the  evening  E.  Kohr,  of  the 

Central  Fa.  Conference,  preached. 

BOUND  AKIES. 

Mahanoy  City  and  "Westhaus  were  taken  up  as  a  mis- 
sion. Deibert  class  was  taken  from  Cressona  Cir.  and 
restored  to  Schuylkill  Haven  Sta. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  advis- 
ability of  purchasing  Mr.  M.  Costner's  church  in  New  Jer- 
sey. J.  Specht  reported  that  the  congregation  of  North 
Philadelphia  Miss,  was  necessitated  to  purchase  their 
church  lot  in  order  to  secure  a  legal  title.  The  cost  of 
thelot  was  $1,333.34.  Of  this  he  collected  and  paid 
$333.34,  leaving  a  debt  of  $1,000.00.  K.  Deisher  of 
the  Harrisburg  church  reported  that  the  amount  col- 
lected for  thatchurch  was  $1,632.50,  a  few  dollars  more 
than  tlie  amount  required.  It  was  decided  that  all  col- 
lectors for  churches  be  limited  to  their  respective  pre- 
siding; elder  districts. 


196  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1865. 

EDUCATION. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  Central  Pa.,  the  Pittsburg, 
the  New  York,  and  the  Canada  conferences  be  invited 
to  unite  w^ith  this  Conference  in  establishing  a  college 
in  the  eastern  part  of  our  church.  That  an  endow- 
ment of  $150,000.00  be  raised,  and  that  as  soon  as 
$100,000.00  of  this  has  been  secured  the  subscriptions 
shall  be  binding.  Each  conference  taidng  part  in  this 
project  shall  l)e  required  to  assume  such  a  share  of  the 
endowment  as  is  proportionate  to  its  membership. 
The  following  shall  receive  tuition  free  of  charge,  pro- 
vided they  reside  within  the  bounds  of  any  of  the  par- 
ticipating conferences:  1st,  The  orphans  of  soldiers 
who  have  fallen  or  will  yet  fall  in  the  present  civil  war; 
2d,  The  children  of  such  soldiers  who  in  consequence  of 
their  services  are  entitled  to  draw  pension  from  the  U. 
S.  Government,  th<^  number  of  such  children  in  atten- 
dance not  to  exceed  tifty  at  any  one  tin)e ;  3d,  The 
children  of  our  deceased  preachers  and  also  those  of  our 
poor  superannuated  preachers,  until  said  children  reach 
the  age  of  twenfy-one  years.  That  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible a  missionary  department  be  connected  with 
the  college.  That  as  soon  as  two  of  the  aforemen- 
tioned conferences  join  with  us,  the  project  shall  pro- 
ceed. That  in  case  Union  Seminary  be  not  re-opened 
those  who  hold  scholarships  against  that  institution 
shall  be  entitled  to  an  equal  amount  of  instruction 
in  the  preparatory  department  of  the  college.  J. 
Yeakel  was  unanimously  elected  a  delegate  to  confer 
with  delegates  appointed  by  such  other  conferences  as 
will  take  part  in  the  college  enterprise  and  to  adopt 
such  further  measures  as  will  forward  the  movement  : 


1865.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


197 


and  that  Brother  Yeakel  shall  also  be  collector  to  secure 
our  share  of  the  endowment  by  means  of  scholarships, 
npon  condition  that  such  a  course  is  warranted  by  the 
action  of  the  other  conferences.  J.  Adams  was  elected 
trustee  of  Union  Seminary.  G.  13.  Fisher  was  appointed 
an  examiner  of  junior  preachers  in  the  pi  ice  of  S.  G. 
lihoads  for  the  next  year,  the  other  examiners  remain- 
ing as  in  former  years. 

FINANCE. 

Received  from  conference  collections $328.20 

Received  from  the  Charitable  Society 78.91 

Received  from  the  Book  Establishment 100.00 


Total $507.11 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 507.11 

MISSIONARY    APPROPKIATIONS, 


Nth.  Phila.  Miss $225 

Phila.  Eng.  Miss...  325 

Glassborough  Miss.  .  140 

New  York  Miss 325 

Newark  Miss 375 

Easton  Miss 250 

Wayne  Miss 250 


HazletonMiss $250 

Reading  (Eng.)  Miss.   325 

Harrisburg  Miss 425 

Mahanoy  City  Miss. .   325 
Bridesburg  Miss 325 


Total $3,540 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelfhii    District— iy.  Snyder, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 
Sth.  Philadelphia  Sta.— H.  Stoetzel. 
Germantown  Sta.— W.  Helm. 
Montgomery  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher  and  W. 

H.  Weidner. 
Norristown  and   Phoenixvllle     Sta.— 

Seneca  Breyfogel. 


Milford  Cir.— K.  M.  Lichtenwalner  and 

A.  Leopold. 
Kutztown  Cir.— J.  Zern  and  B.  Moyer. 
Bethlehem   Cir.  —  E.     Butz     and   N. 

Goebel. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Misa.— J.  Kurtz. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— J.  A.  Apgar. 
Glassborough  Miss.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Bridesburg  Miss.— J.  Fry. 


198 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1866. 


Lehigh  District— y.  Yeakel.  P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Catasanqua  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
New  York  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 
LehigU  Cir.— P.    Hoffman  and    L.   N. 

Worman. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.Knerrand  A.Goetschel. 
Northampton  Cir.- -I.  E.  Kuerr  and  S. 

B.  Brown. 
Monroe  Cir.— C.  Gingrich. 
New  York  Miss.— C.  Mj-ers. 
Newark  Miss.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Easton  Miss. — I.  Hess. 
Hazleton  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Wayne  Miss.— T.  Harper. 

Lebanon  District— 5.  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta. — S.  S.  Chub:). 
Reading  Sta.— J.  Specht. 
Lan  -aster  Sta. — B.  Ely. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— B.  F.  Bohmr. 
Fairville  Cir.— C.  K.   Fehr  and  J.  N. 

Metzgar. 
Myerstown  Cir.— J.  H.  Kutz. 
Annville  Cir.  -D.    Ylngst    and  A.  H. 

Overholt. 


Lancaster  Cir.- C.  H.  Baker  and  J.  C 

Hornberger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Chester  Cir.— E.  B.  Miller. 
Reading  Eng.  Miss. — T.  Bowman. 
Harrisburg  Miss. — D.  Wieand. 

Orwigsburq  District— G.  T.  Haines, 
P.E. 

Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— C.  S.  Ilaman. 

Pottsville  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 

Tamaqua  Sta.— J.  G.  Marquardt. 

Orwigsburg  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 

Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  Schultz. 

Cressona  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 

Pinegrove  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 

Tremont  Cir.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 

Ashland  Cir.— J.  Steltzer  and  D.  Ham- 
bright. 

Mahantongo  Cir.— C.  Loos  and  D.Lentz. 

Lykens  Cir.— J.  Adams. 

Millersburg  Cir.— P.  P.  Lehr. 

Port  Carbon  Cir.— J.  P.  Leib. 

Mahanoy  City  :Miss.— R.  Deisher. 

M.  Guhl,  missionary  in  California. 


1866. 

T/ie   Twentj/Seventk  {59th)  Annual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  Long, 

Secretary,  Frederick  Krecker. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  B.  Pliehr  and  Thomas 
Bowman. 

This  session  of  Conference  was  opened  in  St.  Peter's 
Evangelical  church  at  Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa.,  on  Wed- 
nesday, Feb.  28th,  1866.  The  chairman  appointed  the 
following  committees:  On  Worship,— The  presiding 
elders  and  tlie  preacher  in  charge ;  On  Letters, — J.  P. 


1866.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  199 

Leib,  F.  Hoffman,  and  J.  Schell ;  On  Statistics, — H. 
Stoetzel,  W.  Heim,  and  R.  Deisher;  On  Boundaries, — 
The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Finance, — 
S.  G.  Rhoads,  J.  M.  Saylor,  and  C.  Loos;  On  Educa- 
tion,— M,  F.  Maize,  F.  Hoffman,  and  S.  P.  Reinoehl; 
On  State  of  Missions,— C.  B.  Fliehr,  C.  K.  Fehr,  and 
D.  Yingst;  On  Sabbath,— S.  Neitz,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  H. 
Stoetzel,  T.  Bowman,  and  J.  Koehl. 

G.  W.  Wagner,  local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the 
church.  B.  Moyer  located  during  the  past  year.  E. 
B.  Miller  received  his  credentials.  J.  P.  Leib  was 
newly  elected,  and  S.  Neitz  re-elected  to  the  office  of 
Presiding  Elder.  Deacons'  orders  were  granted  to  S. 
B.  Brown,  A.  H.  Overholt,  A.  Leopold,  and  S.  Ely. 
The  following  were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial: 
Henry  Oehrle,  Jesse  Hunsberger,  Fr.  Leuther,  Adam 
Yeakel,  Chas.  Burkhardt,  Edward  Schneider,  Wm. 
Loose,  Jacob  L.  Werner,  Benjamin  J.  Smoyer,  Geo.  H. 
Landis,  John  R.  Siegfried,  Wni.  K,  Wieaud,  and  J.  S. 
Scheirner.  The  brethren  J.  Laros,  S.  Ely,  J.  S.  Schei- 
mer,  W.  K.  Wieand,  D.  Mertz,  J.  K.  Knerr,  and  B.  J. 
Smoyer  were  received  into  the  itinerancy  ;  R.  Litzen- 
berger  was  again  received.  The  widows  supported  by 
the  Conference  are  Sisters  Hesser  and  Schnerr. 

Sister  Spang,  of  Womelsdorf,  offered  to  give  to 
this  Conference  two  hundred  dollars  to  be  applied  to 
church  building  purposes,  provided  the  Conference 
agrees  to  refund  the  two  hundred  dollars  for  a  new 
church  in  Womelsdorf,  in  case  snch  a  church  building 
be  erected  within  the  lifetime  of  Sister  Spang.  The 
offer  was  accepted  and  the  money  paid  to  the  treasurer 
of  the  Church  Building  Society.     The  advisability  of 


200  EVAXGKLICA.L    LANDMARKS.  [1866. 

organizing  a  Church  Building  Society  within  the  hounds 
of  this  Conference  was  referred  to  a  committee  con- 
sisting of  H.  Stoetzel,  S.  ISTeitz,  and  R.  M.  Lichten- 
walner,  with  instructions  to  draft  a  constitution  and 
report  at  the  next  annual  session. 

The  suhject  of  spiritualism  having  been  pressed  upon 
the  attention  of  the  Conference,  the  following  resolu- 
tions were  adopted  : 

Without  wishing  to  decide  upon  the  reality  of  the 
intercourse  which  some  claim  to  hold  with  the  world  of 
spirits,  we  are,  nevertheless,  compelled,  upon  the  best 
evidences  presented,  to  consider  such  intercourse  as  un- 
warranted presumption  and  deception.  Whether  such 
intercourse  be  true  or  false,  we  at  all  events  con- 
sider it  to  be  contrary  to  the  Scriptures  and  in  the 
strongest  sense  objectionable  and  sinfnl;  wherefore,  we 
also  hold  that  any  one  wlio  reveres  the  name  of  Christ, 
and  especially  every  minister  of  the  gospel,  should 
stand  aloof  from  this  species  of  unrighteousness. 
We,  therefore,  earnestly  warn  all  those  entrusted  to  us 
against  the  detestable  evil,  and  urge  them  to  secure  for 
themselves  a  rich  measure  of  that  Spirit  who,  according 
to  the  promise  of  Christ,  is  able  to  leid  us  in  to  all  truth, 
and  also  direct  them  to  that  Word  which  is  a  light  upon 
our  way  and  a  lamp  unto  our  feet. 

Our  missionary  stationed  in  the  New  York  (Hudson 
street)  Mission  was  authorized  to  devote  as  much  time 
as  possible  to  the  interests  of  immigrants.  The  Confer- 
ence resolved  that  in  the  election  of  presiding  elders,  no 
one  shall  be  considered  elected  who  has  not  received  a 
majority  of  all  the  votes  cast.  The  examiners  of  last 
year  were  continued  in  office  for  another  year. 


1866.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  201 

The  statioiiino;  committee  was  instructed  to  station 
tlie  preachers,  before  tlie  Conference  assigns  the  dis- 
tricts to  the  presiding  elders.  The  book  committee  was 
solicited  to  establish  a  branch  department  for  our  publi- 
cations in  AUentown,  Pa.,  under  the  charge  of  Joseph 
Gross. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Camden  was  taken  from  the  South  Philadelphia  Miss, 
and  annexed  to  Glassborough  Miss.  West  Philadelphia 
was  taken  up  as  a  mission.  It  was  ordered  that  Brides- 
burg  Miss,  be  served  bj  the  preacher  in  charge  of  North 
Philadelphia  Miss.  A  new  mission  was  located  on  54th 
street,  New  York,  to  be  known  as  Central  Park  Mis- 
sion. Union  Hill  was  taken  from  the  New  York  Hud- 
son street  Miss,  and  in  connection  with  Greenville  to 
constitute  Union  Hill  and  Greenville  Miss.  Lehigh 
Ward  of  AUentown  was  taken  up  as  a  mission  and 
called  AUentown  Miss.  Fairville  was  taken  from  Fair- 
ville  Cir.  and  made  a  station,  the  name  of  the  circuit 
being  changed  to  Brownstown.  An  English  mission 
was  lociited  in  the  city  of  Lancaster.  Bethlehem  was 
made  a  station  and  the  remainder  of  Bethlehem  Cir. 
called  Pleasant  Valley  Cir.  Norristown  and  Phoenix- 
ville  were  changed  into  a  mission.  Reading  Englibh 
Mission  was  changed  into  a  station.  Pinegrove  and 
Manbeck  class  were  constituted  a  station.  Rausch 
Creek  class  was  annexed  to  Tremont.  Zion  class  in  the 
city  of  Lebanon  was  taken  from  Myerstown  Cir.  and  its 
members  instructed  to  unite  with  the  various  classes  in 
Lebanon  Sta. 

CHUECH    AFFAIRS. 

The  money  for  the  Harrisburg  church  was  paid  to 
14 


202  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1866. 

the  trustees  of  that  congregation.     The  sixty  dollars 
the  keeping    of  Moor   Casner    of  New  Jersey    were 
given  to  him  to  he  used  for  his  chui'ch.     The  mission- 
aries collecting  for  church  buildings  received  permis- 
sion to  canvass  the  entire  conference  territory. 

SABBATH. 

The  Conference  resolved  the  following:  1st,  That 
we  will  use  all  our  influence  to  uphold  the  sanctity  of 
the  Sabbath  among  the  people.  2d,  That  we  enter  our 
solemn  protest  against  all  efforts  that  are  made  to  re- 
scind the  existing  Sabbath  laws.  3d,  That  we  respect- 
fully pray  the  honored  senators  and  representatives  of 
our  legislative  assemblies  to  reject  all  proposals  tending 
to  lessen  the  observance  of  the  Lord's  Day. 

On  Sunday  forenoon  Bishop  Long  preached  the  or- 
dination sermon  from  2  Tim.  4:5.  In  the  afternoon 
the  Bishop  delivered  an  address  to  the  candidates  for 
ordination,  after  which  the  brethren  elected  to  the  office 
were  ordained  deacons.  Preachers  and  people  partici- 
pated in  the  celebration  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  In  the 
evening  T.  Bowman  preached  a  missionary  sermon  from 
1  Cor.  6:20,  after  which  the  sum  of  $119.00  was 
secured  for  the  missionary  cause. 

FINANCE. 

Received  from  conference  collections $363.79 

Received  from  the  Charitable  Society 83.98 

Received  from  the  book  establishment 100.00 


Total $547.77 

Paid  to  the  conference  claimants 547.77 


1866.] 


THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


203 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Hudson  St.N.  Y.  Miss.$500 
Central  Park    N.    Y. 

Miss 425 

Union  Hill  and  Green- 
ville Miss 350 

E"ewark  Miss 300 

Easton  Miss 100 

Mahanoy  City  Miss. .    275 

Hazleton  Miss 200 

Harrisburg  Miss.  .  .  .    250 


Norristown  and  Pha3- 

nixvilleMiss $300 

Nth.  Phila.  Miss 200 

Camden  and  Glass- 
borough  Miss 300 

W.  Philadelphia  Miss.  500 

Phila.  Eng.  Miss 300 

Allentown  Miss 150 


Total $4,150 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia    District  —  S.    Xcitz, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 
Sth.  Pliiladelphia  Sta.— R.  M.  Licliten- 

walner. 
Germantown  Sta.— E.  Biitz. 
Mil  ford    Cir.  —  A.    Leopold    and    G. 

Scharf. 
Kutztown  Cir.— J.  Zern. 
Montgomery  Cir.— VV.  H.  Weidner  and 

J.  S.  Scheimer. 
Norristown  Miss. — Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Kurtz. 
Philadelphia  Bng.  Miss.— G.  B.  Fisher. 
West  Philadelphia  Miss.— H.  Stoetzel. 
Camden  and  Glassborough  Miss. — N. 

Goebel. 

Easton  District- J^.  Yeakel,  P.  E. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— I.  Hess. 
New  York  Sta.— C.  B.  Pliehr. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— C.  Gingrich  and 

S.  Ely. 
Northampton  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Monroe  Cir. — L.  N.  Worman. 
Wayne  Miss. — T.  Hanier. 
Easton  Miss.— D.  Mertz. 
Newart  Miss.— 


Union  Hill    and  Greenville   Miss.- A. 

Goetschel. 
Hudson  Str.  N.  Y.  Miss.— J.   G.  Mar- 

quardt. 
Central  Park  N.  Y.  Miss.— C.  Meyers. 

Allentown  District— G*.  T.  Haines, 

P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— J.  H.  Kurtz. 
Lehigh  Cir.—  D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Carbon  Cir.— G.  Knerr. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  Schultz. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Ashland  Cir.— J.   Steltzer  and  W.  K. 

Wieand. 
Hazleton  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Mahanoy  City  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Allentown  Miss.— B.  F.  Bohner. 

Reading  District— i.  Snyder,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  Specht. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Lebanon  Miss.— F.  Hoffman. 
Fairville  Miss.— F.  Krecker. 
Lancaster  Miss.— D.  Yingst. 
Lancaster  Cir. — 

Brownstown  Cir.— C.  K.  Fehr  and  M. 
Sindlinger. 


204 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1867. 


Myerstown  Cir.— W.  Heim. 
Annville  Cir.— A.  H.  Overholt. 
Woiiielsdorf  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Cliester  Cir  —J.  A.  Apgar. 
Lancaster  Englisli  Miss.— 

POTTSviLLE  District— J.  P.  Lcih,  P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  S.  Cliubb. 
Scliuylkill  Haven  Sta.— 8.  G.  Ehoada. 


Pinegrove  Sta.— T.  Bowman. 
Tremont  Sta.— S.  P.  Keiuoehl. 
Dauphin  Cir.— D.  Hambright. 
Millersburg  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Mahantongo    Cir.  —  C.    Loos    and    D. 

Lentz. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— E.  Ely. 
Cressoua  Cir.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Harrisburg  Miss.- D.  Wieand. 


1867. 

The   Twenty- E'lglitli  (GOt/t)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Eslier. 

Secretary,  John  Koehl. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Reuben  Deisher. 

The  Conference  convened  in  the  St.  John's  Evan- 
gelical church,  Betlilehcm,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  Febru- 
ary 27th,  1867,  to  transact  the  business  of  its  twenty- 
eighth  annual  session.  The  chairman  appointed  the 
following  committees:  On  Worship, — Isaac  Hess  and 
the  presiding  elders;  On  Letters, — F.  Hoffman,  C. 
Meyers,  and  S.  G.  Rhoads ;  On  Boundaries, — The 
Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Finance, — C. 
Loos,  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  and  C.  K.  Fehr ;  On  Sta- 
tistics,— A.  Schultz,  G.  B.  Fisher,  and  S.  B.Brown; 
On  Education, — F.  Krecker,  C.  S.  Haman,  H.  Stoetzel, 
S.  G.  Rhoads,  and  C.  H.  Baker. 

J.  A.  Apgar  and  R.  Litzenberger  located  during  the 
past  year.  J.  Yeakel  was  re-elected  to  the  office  of 
Presiding  Elder.  Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  D. 
Lentz,  W.  H.  Weidner,  A.  Getschel,  and  D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Deacons'  orders,  to  L.  N.  Worman,  J.  K.  Knerr,  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  G.  Scharf,  and  Levi  Miller. 


1867.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  205 

The  followini^  received  license  as  preachers  on  trial: 
B.  D.  Albright,  J.  P.  Schmidt,  W.  A.  Leopold,  Franklin 
Siechrist,  I.  Zimmerman,  H,  A.  Neitz,  Anthony  Kindt, 
J.  Schirmeyer,  and  L.  Riihl.  The  brethren  H.  A. 
Neitz,  J.  C.  Bliem,  G.  Scharf,  W.  A.  Leopold,  J.  G. 
Sands,  B.  D.  Albrioht,  and  E.  A.  Hoffman  were  received 
into  the  itinerancy.  Sisters  Schnerr  and  Hesser  re- 
ceived support.  The  Conference  organized  itself  into 
a  Church  Building  Society.  This  society  did  not,  how- 
ever, go  into  active  operation  at  once.  Formerly  such 
preachers  who  did  not  reside  upon  their  fields  of  labor 
received  no  rent;  this  regulation  was  abolished. 

Whereas,  Our  beloved  Brother  Marquardt,  a  highly 
esteemed  member  and  a  useful  preacher  of  the  East  Pa. 
Conference,  has  been  appointed  missionary  to  the  city 
of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  by  tlie  executive  committee  of 
the  board  of  missions  ;  therefore  Resolved,,  That  we  are 
deeply  sensible  of  his  witiidrawal  from  our  midst,  tliat 
we  wish  him  the  protection  of  tlie  Most  High  during 
his  perilous  journey,  and  great  efficiency  in  his  new 
field  of  labor,  and  that  we  will  remember  him  in  our 
prayers. 

The  delegates  elected  to  the  General  Conference 
were:  S.  Neitz,  J.  P.  Leib,  J.  Yeakel,  G.  T.  Haines, 
L.  Snyder,  F.  Hoffman,  T.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Haman,  S. 
G.  Rlioads,  F.  Krecker,  J.  Koehl,and  C.Meyers;  alter- 
nates, J.  Adams,  I.  Hess,  J.  M.  Saylor,  and  S.  P.  Rein- 
oehl. 

Whereas,  It  has  become  customary  in  our  church  for 
our  people  to  engage  in  picnics,  celebrations,  exhibi- 
tions, and  excursions,  and  because  upon  such  occasions 
some  indulge  in  frivolous  and  unbecoming  games  and 


206  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1867. 

amusements  which  bring  reproach  upon  the  cause  of 
Christ ;  therefore  he  it  Resolved^  That  wo  disapprove  of 
such  performances,  and  advise  our  members  to  conduct 
these  events  in  strict  accordance  with  the  spirit  of  the 
teachings  of  Christ. 

Inasmuch  as  our  Hudson  Street  Mission  in  the  city  of 
New  York  is  conducted  chiefly  in  the  interests  of  im- 
migrants and  therefore  intimately  connected  with  our 
general  work  in  this  and  in  foreign  lands ;  therefore  be 
it  Besolved,  That  we  request  General  Conference  at  its 
next  session,  to  take  charge  of  the  said  mission  and  to 
supply  it  with  a  missionary.  C.  S.  Haman  was  appointed 
to  take  charge  of  the  reception  and  distribution  of  the 
tracts  of  this  Conference.  It  was  resolved  that  here- 
after the  money  collected  for  the  support  of  the  super- 
annuated preachers,  their  widows  and  orphans  shall  be 
applied  to  no  other  purpose. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Easton  Miss,  was  changed  to  a  station.  That  part  of 
Carbon  Cir.  lying  east  of  the  Blue  Mountaui  was 
formed  into  a  separate  charge  and  called  Berlinsville 
Cir.  Manbeck  class  was  taken  from  Cressona  Cir.  and 
annexed  to  Pinegrove  Sta.  Trevorton,  Fresh  Valley, 
Seven  Points,  and  Hallin  Run  were  taken  from  Malian- 
tongo  Cir.  and  formed  into  a  mission  called  Trevorton 
Mission.  The  action  of  F.  Hoffman  in  annexing  Zion 
class  to  Lebanon  Sta.  was  approved. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

It  was  ordered  that  a  church  building  be  erected  in 
the  North  Philadelphia  Miss,  during  the  ensuing  year, 


1867.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      207 

and  that  the  presidiui?  elder,  C.  H.  Baker,  and  J. 
Specht  shall  constitute  a  Imilding  committee.  The 
erection  of  a  church  building  in  Central  Park  Miss., 
New  York,  was  referred  to  the  presiding  elder,  R. 
Deisher,  and  C.  Meyers,  with  permission  to  build,  if 
advisable.  C.  B.  Fliehr  was  elected  agent  to  collect 
throughout  the  bounds  of  the  Conference  for  these  two 
mission  churches,  and  to  appropriate  |4,000  of  the  money 
thus  collected  to  the  North  Philadelphia  Miss,  and  the 
balance  to  the  Central  Paik  Miss.  Each  preacher  was 
obligated  to  do  his  utmost  to  assist  tlie  collector. 

The  committee  appointed   to  audit  the  accounts  of 
Seneca  Breyfogel,  collector  for  the  Norristown  Miss. 
church,  reported  the  following : 
Amount  of  cash  secured $3,836.10 

Amount  expended  for  the  church $3,700.00 

Amount  of  traveling  and  other  expenses 48.39 

Amount  of  cash  on  hand 87.71 

$3,836.10 
Amount  of  unpaid  subscriptions $638.35 

EDUCATION. 

The  introduction  of  parochial  schools  engaged  the 
attention  of  the  Conference,  the  deliberations  resulting 
in  a  resolution  to  submit  the  subject  to  the  discretion 
of  the  various  congregations. 

FINANCE. 

JReceipts  : 

Conference  collections $357.81 

Charitable  Society 89.12 

Book  Establishment 150.00 

$596.98 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS, 


[1867. 


Expenditures  : 
Paid  to  conference  claimants. 


$545.95 


Balance  on  hand %  50.98 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Hudson  St.  N . Y.Mi.ss.  $500 
Central  Park  I^.   Y. 

Miss 450 

Union  Hill  N.Y.Miss.  325 
Newark  N.  J.  Miss...    250 

Wayne  Miss 225 

Mahanoy  Miss 275 

Hazleton  Miss 200 

Harrisburg  Miss 200 


Allentown  Miss $225 

Norristown  Miss 200 

Nth.  Phila.  Miss 325 

Phila.  Eng.  Miss 450 

Camden  Miss 250 

Bridesbnrg  Miss 200 

Trevorton  Miss 325 

Lancaster  Miss 400 


Total $4,800 


SUNDAY    SERVICES. 

On  Sunday  forenoon  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher  preached  an 
appropriate,  profound,  and  powerful  ordination  sermon 
from  1  Pet.  5:1-4.  Streams  of  salvation  poured  in 
upon  preachers  and  people  until  shouts  of  praise  as- 
cended. After  the  sermon  the  candidates  for  Deacons' 
orders  were  ordained.  J.  M.  Saylor  opened  the  after- 
noon services,  during  which  the  elders  were  ordained. 
J.  P.  Leib  delivered  the  sacramental  address,  after 
which  the  Lord's  Supper  M'-as  administered.  The  glory 
of  the  Lord  appeared.  It  was  indeed  a  baptism  of  fire. 
In  the  evening  S.  Neitz  prciched  the  missionary  sermon 
from  Matt.  20:8.  During  the  description  of  the  distri- 
bution of  the  penny  wages  among  the  laborers  there  was 
another  shout  of  hallelujahs  in  the  congregation.  Thus 
ended  a  day  that  will  be  lield  in  remembrance  forever. 


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209 


"Within  the  recollection  of  Bisliop  Esher  and  the  older 
brethren  of  the  Conference  thei-e  never  had  been  a  day 
like  this  at  a  conference  session. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia    District  —  S.    Xeitz, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  Kurtz. 
Germantown  Sta.— E.  Biitz. 
Milforrt  Cir.— C.  K.  Fehr  and  S.  Ely. 
Montgomery  Cir.— J.  H.  Kutz  and  J. 

S.  Scheimer. 
Kutztown  Cir.— A.  F.  Leopold  and  J. 

Laros. 
Norristown  Miss.— T.  Harper. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Specht. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— R.  M.  Lich- 

tenwalner. 
Bridesburg  Miss.- G.  Scharf. 
Camden  and  Glassborough  Miss.— N. 

Goebel. 
West  Philadelphia  Miss.— (Unsupplied.) 

Easton  District— ff.  T.  Haines,  P.  E. 

Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 

Bethlehem  Sta.— I.  Hess. 

Easton  Sta.— B.  F.  Bohner. 

New  York  Sta.— R.  Deisher. 

Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— J.  C.  Bliem  and 

W.  A.  Leopold. 
Northampton  Cir.-A.  Ziegenfus  and  J. 

K.  Knerr. 
Monroe  Cir.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Wayne  Miss.— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Newark  Miss.— 1.  E.  Knerr. 
Union  Hill  and  Greenville   Miss.— A. 

Goetschel. 
Hudson  Str.  N.  Y.  Mi.ss.— H.  Stoetzel. 
Central  Park  N.  Y.  Miss.— C.  Meyers. 

Allentown  District— oT.  Yealcel,  P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta. — M.  Dissinger. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Lehigh  Cir.— J.  Adams. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— G.  Knerr. 
Carbon   Cir.— J.    Steltzer    and    B.    J. 
Smoyer. 


Schuylkill  Cir.— C.  Loos. 

Ashland  Cir.— T.  Plattenberger  and  W. 

K.  Wieand. 
Allentown  Miss. —D.  Wieand. 
Mahanoy  City  Miss.— D.  Z.  KembeL 
Hazleton  Miss. — A.  Schultz. 

Reading  District—//.  Snyder,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— J.  Schell. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— C.  S.  Hainan. 
Lebanon  Sta.— F.  Hoffman  and  E.  A. 

Hoffman. 
Fairville  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Lancaster  Sta.— D.  Yingst. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Zern. 
Brownstown  Cir.  —  D.   Lentz  and  M. 

Sindlinger. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— Seneca  Breyfo.fel. 
Myerstown  Cir.— J.  M.  Saylor. 
Annville  Cir.— J.  Frey  and  H.  A.  Neitz. 
Chester  Cir.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Lancaster  English  Miss.— J.  N.  Metz- 

gar, 

Pottsville  District— J^.  P.  Lett),  P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— T.  Bowman. 
Tremont  Sta.— S  P.  Reiuoehl. 
Dauphin  Cir.— D.  Hambright. 
Millersburg  Cir.-A.  H.  Overholt. 
Lykens  Cir.— W.  H.  Weidner  and  B,  D. 

Albright. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— F.  P.   Lehr  and  D. 

Mertz. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— E.  Ely. 
Cressona  Cir.- F.  Ivrecker. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— W.  Heim. 
Trevorton  Miss.- C.  Gingrich. 
Agent  for  church  buildings  in  North 

Philadelphia  and  New  York.— C.  B. 

Fliehr. 


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1867. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents.,  Bishops  J.  Long  and  J.  J.  Eslier. 

8ecreta7'y,  Keuben  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  R.  Dabs,  W.  F.  Sclmeider,  and 
S.  G.  Rboads. 

On  Thursday,  October  10th,  1867,  the  delegates  repre- 
senting twelve  annual  conferences  assembled  in  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  to  transact  the  business  of  the  regular  quad- 
rennial session  of  the  General  Conference.*  Both 
bishops  and  eighty-one  delegates  were  in  attendance. 

The  delegates  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  were  all 
present  except  G.  T.  Haines,  whose  place  was  filled  by 
J.  Adams,  an  alternate.  I.  Hess,  an  alternate,  occupied 
the  seat  of  J.  Yeakel  during  a  part  of  the  session.  The 
Conference  spent  one  hour  each  morning,  after  the  open- 
ing of  the  session,  in  earnest  and  importunate  prayers  for 
God's  blessing  upon  the  daily  proceedings  and  upon  the 
church  at  large.  Charges  were  preferred  against  a  del- 
egate for  persisting  in  the  advocacy  of  doctrines  which 
are  antagonistic  to  those  held  by  the  Evangelical  Asso- 
ciation. After  the  complainant  and  defendant  had  each 
addressed  the  Conference,  the  question  was  refen-ed  to 
a  committee. 

The  report  of  this  committee  disapproved  of  certain 
terms,  phrases,  and  figures  employed  by  the  defendant 
in  expounding  his  views,  but  unanimously  acquitted  him 
of  any  design  to  teach  doctrines  essentially  different 
from  those    held  by  the   church.      The  report  of  the 

*See  Preface  on  page  9S. 


1867.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  211 

committee  was  udopted,  Auotlier  delegate  was  charged 
with  having  made  disparaging  remarks  concerning 
others  in  our  church  periodicals.  The  matter  was  re- 
ferred to  a  committee,  whose  report  was  finally  laid  on 
the  table.  Subsequently  the  Conference  advised  the 
defendant  to  come  to  an  understanding  with  the  plain- 
tiffs, if  possible. 

After  having  declined  to  publish  a  monthly  maga- 
zine, the  Conference  nevertheless  resolved  that  in  case 
a  brother,  or  several  brethren,  will  undertake  to  pub- 
lish a  monthly  magazine  agreeably  with  the  sense  and 
spirit  of  our  church,  we  will  give  them  our  efficient 
help.  A  new  conference  was  formed  and  called  The 
Minnesota  Conference. 

By  a  vote  of  66  yeas  to  11  nays  the  General  Confer- 
ence adopted  the  following  as  a  recommendation  to  the 
annual  conference  : 

Resolved,  That  the  book  agent,  the  editor  of  the 
Christliche  Botschafter,  the  editor  of  the  Evangelical 
Messenger,  the  editor  of  the  S.  S.  Literature,  the  cor- 
responding secretary  of  the  missionary  society,  and  the 
bishops,  at  the  time  when  they  are  not  in  the  chair,  be 
members  of  the  General  Conference  ex-officio,  provided 
they  are  elders,  but  that  the  annual  conferences  to  which 
they  may  belong,  shall  not,  in  making  up  the  number 
of  delegates  to  be  elected  by  them,  count  the  above 
named  officers  of  the  book  establishment.  At  the  re- 
quest of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  the  board  of  missions 
was  authorized  to  take  charge  of  the  immigrant  mission 
in  the  city  of  New  York  and  to  supply  it  if  possible. 

A  motion  to  elect  three  bishops  was  defeated.     The 
elections  resulted  as  follows  :     Bishops,  J.  Long  and  J. 


212  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1868. 

J.  Esher ;  general  book  a<?ent,  S.  Neitz  ;  editor  of  the 
ChristUche  Botschafter,  R.  Dubs  ;  editor  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Messenger,  T.  G.  Clewell  ;  editor  of  the  Suuday- 
School  and  Tract  Literature,  R.  Yeakel ;  corresponding 
secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society,  W.  Yost ;  editor  of 
the  Evangelische  Botschafter  and  book  agent  in  Ger- 
many, J.  G.  Wollpert ;  superintendent  of  the  Ebenezer 
Orphan  Institute,  J.  G.  Zinser.  S.  Neitz  resigned  tbe 
office  of  general  hook  agent;  W.  W.  Orwig  was  elected 
in  his  stead. 

These  are  the  statistics  reported  at  this  session : 
Itinerant  preachers,  484;  local  preachers,  379;  full 
members,  58,225;  probationary  members,  2,176; 
churches,  736;  parsonages,  187;  Sunday-schools,  808; 
officers  and  teachers,  8,304 ;  scholars,  41,395 ;  catechet- 
ical classes,  283  ;  catechumens,  2,772. 


1868. 

The  T 10 entij- Ninth  {Qlst)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  Long. 

Secretary,  S.  G.  Ehoads. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  K.  Fehr  and  J.  S.  Scheimer. 

Conference  eonvened  in  its  twenty-ninth  annual  ses- 
sion on  Wednesday,  February  26th,  1868,  in  the  Salem 
Evangelical  church  at  Reading,  Fa. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed:  On  Wor- 
ship,— The  presiding  elders  and  the  two  preachers  sta- 
tioned in  Reading,  Fa. ;  On  Letters, — F.  Hoffman,  F. 
Krecker,  and  G.  Knerr;  On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop 
and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Finance, — J.  M.  Saylor, 


1868.]   THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFEKENCE.      213 

T.  Bowman,  and  R.  M.  Liehtenwnlner;  On  Statistics, — 

E.  Deisher,  L.  N.  Worman,  and  G.  B.  Fisher;  On  Ed- 
ucation,— J.  Ycakel,  C.  Loos,  J,  Adams,  J.  N.  Metzgar, 
and  S.  S.  Cluibb;  On  Last  Year's  Proceedings, — J. 
Koehl,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  C.  H.  Baker;  On  Auditing, — 
D.  Wieand,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  and  S.  B.  Brown. 

C.  Loos  located  on  account  of  family  concerns.  A. 
Goetschel,  desiring  to  unite  with  a  western  conference, 
received  his  credentials.  W.  Dewees,  a  local  preacher, 
died  during  the  past  year.  J.  M.  Saylor  and  F.  Hoff- 
man were  elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder,     B. 

F.  Bohner,  S.  Ely,  A.  F.  Leopold,  S.  B.  Brown,  A.  H. 
Overholt,  J.  C.  Bliem,  and  D.  Mertz  were  ordained 
Elders;  J.  S.  Sclieimer,  J.  G.  Sands,  W.  K.  Wieand,  J. 
Laros,  E.  A.  Hoffman,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  H.  A.  Neitz,  and 
S.  Frankenfield,  Deacons.  Edw.  Schultz,  Jonas  Schaeffer, 
Benj.  Wimmer,  Isaac  Hoch,  Simon  Licht,  W.  A.  Shoe- 
maker, A.  M.  Stirk,  J.  K.  Lutz,  Reuben  Dreibelbis, 
Samuel  Engel,  and  B.  H.  Miller  were  licensed  as 
preachers  on  trial.  The  supernumerary  preachers  are 
D.  Berger,  G.  T.  Haines,  D.  Wieand,  and  M.  Sind- 
linger.  The  widows  of  deceased  preachers  having  claims 
upon  this  Confei-ence  for  support  are  Sisters  Hesser  and 
Schnerr. 

Whereas,  A  work  entitled  "Z^er  AUe  Weg''"'  written 
by  S.  G.  Rlioads,  has  appeared  in  print,  and  Wheeeas, 
We  are  convinced  that  it  is  both  a  useful  and  timely 
book;  therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  we  hail  with  joy 
its  appearance  and  that  we  will  exert  ourselves  as  much 
as  possible  to  secure  for  it  a  wide  circulation. 

G.  T.  Haines  and  L.  Snyder,  ex-presiding  elders, 
were   made   advisory  members  of  the  stationing  com- 


214  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1868. 

mittee.  The  presiding  elders  were  constituted  the 
committee  on  missionary  appropriations.  The  Confer- 
ence adopted  the  following  :  Inasmuch  as  it  is  clearly 
in  conflict  with  the  rules  of  our  church  for  any  one, 
without  license,  to  make  appointments  for  preacliing  or 
in  any  other  manner  offer  or  announce  himself  to  con- 
duct religions  meetings;  therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That 
we  require  :dl  our  preachers  and  congregations  to  act  in 
strict  accordance  with  otir  Church  Discipline,  and  to  ex- 
te  id  the  aforementioned  privileges  to  such  only  as  are 
regulai'ly  entitled  thereto. 

Whereas,  It  has  already  frequently  occurred  that 
church  members  and  class  leaders  have  instituted  extra 
prayer  meetings  and  religious  gatherings  whereby  dis- 
cord and  dissension  have  been  engendered  in  the 
churches,  and  occasions  given  for  the  neglect  of  our 
tried  and  regular  religious  meetings,  finally  result- 
ing in  the  loss  of  members  and  leaders  ;  therefore  be  it 
Resolved,  That  we  discountenance  all  such  gatherings 
and  exercises  with  which  the  preacher  in  charge  and  the 
presiding  elder  are  not  in  accord,  or  which  they  cannot 
recommend. 

Sunday  was  a  blessed  day.  The  Lord  was  among  his 
people,  and  jubilant  shouts  of  praise  and  thanksgiving 
ascended  from  his  courts.  In  the  forenoon  Bishop  Long 
preached  an  appropriate  and  powerful  ordination  ser- 
mon to  a  great  gathering  of  people  in  our  German 
church.  In  the  afternoon  the  ordination  services  took 
place. 

BOUNDARIES. 

A  new  English  Mission  was  located  in  the  city  of 
Allentown.     Port  Clinton  was  taken  from  Schuylkill 


1868.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  215 

Circuit  and  in  connection  with  Orwigsburg  and  Anburn 
called  Orwigsburg  Circuit.  Mahanoy  City  Mission  was 
changed  to  a  station.  Dunkelberger's  class  and  Sha- 
mokin  were  taken  from  Ashland  Circuit,  the  former 
annexed  to  Lvkens  Circuit  and  the  latter,  to  Trevorton 
Mission. 

CHUKCH   AFFAIRS. 

The  auditing  committee  reported  the  following  as  the 
correct  accounts  of  the  North  Philadelphia  Mission 
church,  C.  B.  Fliehr,  collector,  and  J.  Specht,  preacher 
in  charge : 

Entire  cost  of  church  building $5,170.00 

Cash  received  from  C.  B.  Fliehr's 

subscriptions $3,325.13 

Cash  received  from  the  Philadel- 
phia subscriptions   947.96 

$4,273.09 

Entire  indebtedness $896.91 

Unpaid  subscriptions $1,547.77 

The  congregation  of  the  Salem  church  on  AYater 
street,  Lancaster  City,  received  permission  to  sell  their 
property,  upon  certain  stipulated  conditions.  The 
congregation  at  Slatedale  received  permission  to  sell 
their  church  in  order  to  build  a  more  commodious 
one.  The  trustees  of  our  Norristown  church  were 
empowered  to  give  a  mortgage  upon  their  church  prop- 
erty as  security  for  money  borrowed.  The  preacher  in 
charge  of  our  congregation  at  Grreenville,  Hudson  Co., 
N.  Y.,  was  authorized  to  collect  money  in  Newark, 
Greenville,  and  New  York  City  for  their  new  church 
buildino;.     Furthermore,  it  was  resolved  that  the  Con- 


216  EVANTGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1868. 

fereuce  recognizes  N.  Sayler,  C.  Frundt,  E.  H.  Menke, 
F.  Bose,  !)nd  J.  J.  Birmile  a?  the  trustees  elected  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  of  our  church  and  considers  all  other 
parties  as  intruders  upon  our  rights.  C.  Meyers  was 
appointed  collector  for  the  Central  Park  Mission,  with 
access  to  the  entire  conference  territory.  The  presiding 
elder  of  Easton  District,  I.  E.  Knerr,  and  R.  Deisher 
were  appointed  a  committee  of  three  to  superintend  the 
erection  of  a  church  building.  It  was  resolved  that  a 
collector  be  appointed  next  year  to  gather  funds  for  a 
church  in  the  Philadelphia  English  Mission. 

EDUCATION. 

Previously  declared  opinions  of  the  usefulness  and 
desirability  of  higher  institutions  of  learning  were  re- 
asserted. The  brethren  also  solemnly  obligated  them- 
selves to  continue  the  catechetical  classes  already  formed, 
and  to  organize  new  ones  wherever  practicable.  The 
examiners  of  junior  preachers  were  continued  in  office. 

FINANCES. 

Heceipts: 

From  balance  on  hand $  52.00 

From  the  conference  collections 398.00 

From  the  Charitable  Society 100.00 

$550.00 
Expenditures : 

Paid  to  two  claimants 250.00 

Balance  in  Treasury. $300.00 


1868.] 


THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


217 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  Eng.  Miss.... $450 
Nth.Phila.  Miss....    225 
Camden  and   Glass- 
borough  Miss 200 

Bridesburg  Miss 275 

Norristown  Miss 75 

Central  Park  Miss. .  .    450 
Union  Hill  and  Green- 
ville Miss 325 

Newark  Miss 275 


AUentown  Ger.  Miss. $200 
Allentown  Eng.  Miss.  300 

Hazleton  Miss 150 

Harrisburg  Miss 150 

Trevorton  Miss 275 

Lancaster  Eng.  Miss.   400 
Wayne  Miss 200 


Total $3,950 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— .S'.  Xeitz^P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 
Sth.  Philadelphia  Sta.— J.  Kurtz. 
Ger  man  town  Sta. — R.   M.  Lichtea- 

waliier. 
Montgomery  Cir.— F.   P.  Lehr  and  B. 

D.  Albright. 
Milford  dr.— C.  K.  Fehr  and  J.  Fry. 
Kutztown  Cir.— A.  F.  Leopold  and  F. 

Siechrist. 
Norrlstown  Miss.- E.  Butz. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Specht. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.- T.  Bowmaa. 
Bridesburg  Miss. — N.  Goebel. 
Camden  and  Glassborough  Miss. — J.  S. 

Soheimer. 

Easton  District— F.  Hofman,  P.  E. 

Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 

Bethlehem  Sta.— J.  Adams. 

Easton  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 

New  York  Sta.— R.  Deisher. 

Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— J.  C.  Bliem  and 

T.  Plattenberger. 
Northampton  Cir.— H.  Stoetzel  and  L. 

N.  Worman. 
Monroe  Cir.— D.  Hambright  and  W.  A. 

Leopold. 
Wayne  Miss. — G.  B.  Fisher. 
Newark  Miss.— D.  Yingst. 

15 


Union  Hill  and  Greenville   Miss.— G. 

Seharf. 
Central  Park  Miss.— I.  E.  Knerr. 

Allentown  District— X  Yeakel,  P.  E. 
AUentown  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— W.  K.  W.eand. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Lehigh  Cir.— S.  Ely  and  J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Berlinsville  Cir.- G.  Knerr. 
Carbon  Cir.— J.  Steltzer  and  A.  Kindt. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Ashland  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kenibel. 
Hazleton  Miss.— A.  Schuitz. 
Allentown  Ger.  Miss.— E.  Ely. 
Allentown  Eng.  Miss.— S.  S.  Chubb. 

Reading  District— J'.  M.  Saylor,  P.  E. 
Reading  Ger.  Sta.— J  Schell. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Lebanon  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Fairville  Sta.— E.  A.  Hoffman. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  Koehl. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Zern  and  A.  M.  Stirk. 
Brownstown   Cir.— D.    Lentz    and   D. 

Mertz. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— I.  Hess. 
Myerstown  Cir.— L.  Snyder. 
Chester  Cir.— J.  G.  Sands. 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1869. 


Annville  Cir.— J.  Lor;i.s  and  I.  E.  Zim- 
merman. 
Lancaster  Eng.  Miss.— J.  N.  Melzgar. 

POTTSTILLE  DiSTKICT— X  P.  Leib,  P.  E. 

Potts  villa  Sta.— L.  11.  Gelnnan. 
Scnuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  P'.  Keinoehl. 
Pinegrove  Sta.—  C.  S.  Haman. 
Tremont  Sta.— H.  a.  Neitz. 
Daupliin  Cir.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
MillersburgCir.— A.  II.  Overholt. 


Lykens  Cir.— W.   H.   Weidner  and  J. 

Schaeffer. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— B.  F.  Boliner  and  B. 

J.  Smoyer. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Cressona  Cir.— P.  Krecker. 
Harrisburg  Miss. — W.  Heim. 
Trevorton  Miss.- C.  Gingrich. 
Collector  for  Central  I'arlc  Miss.,  N.  Y. — 

C.  Meyers. 


1869. 

The   Thirtieth  (62(7)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  E-her. 

Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  B.  Fliehr  and  J.  C.  Blieni. 

The  members  of  the  East  Fa.  Conference  assembled 
m  the  Salem  Evangelical  church  on  Second  Street, 
Philadelphia,  on  Wednesday,  February  24th,  1869, 
Bishop  J.  J.  Esher  presiding.  The  Bishop  appointed 
the  following  standing  committees: 

On  Worship, — ^The  presiding  elders;  On  Letters, — 
G.  Knerr,  F.  Krecker,  and  W.  Heim;  On  Finance, — S. 
G.  Khoads,  L.  N.  Worman,  and  J.  K.  Knerr ;  On  Statis- 
tics,— G,  B.  Fisher, ;  On  Boundaries, — The  presid- 
ing elders;  On  Education, — J.  Koehl,  C.  S.  Haman,  H. 
Stoetzel,  A.  Schnltz,  and  J.  Schell;  On  Quarterly  Con- 
ference Kecords,— G.  T.  Haines,  L.  Snyder,  C.  Meyers, 
J.  Adams,  and  J.  Steltzer;  To  Audit  Accounts  of  Col- 
lectors,— J.  Kurtz,  D.  Z.  Kembel,  and  J.  N.  Metzgar; 
On  Temperance, — J.  S.  Scheimer,  A.  H.  Overholt,  and 
E.  Butz. 

The  name  of  a  traveling  preacher  was  stricken  from 


1869.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      219 

the  records.  It  was  announced  that  a  local  preacher 
had  been  expelled  during  the  year.  W.  C.  Detweiler, 
a  local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the  church.  E.  A. 
Hoffman  received  credentials.  J.  Frey  located  on 
account  of  ill  health.  A.  Saylor,  I.  Deppen,  and  L. 
Kuehl  died  during  the  year.  Elders'  orders  were  granted 
to  J.  N.  Metzgar,  J.  K.  Knerr,  L.  N.  Worman,  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  G.  Scharf,  and  L.  PI.  Gehman  ;  and  Dea- 
cons' orders  to  J.  K.  Seyfrit,I.  E.  Zimmerman,  B.D.  Al- 
bright, H.  E.  Oehrle,  W.  A.  Leopold,  and  F.  Siechrist. 
The  following  were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial:  M. 
Canzler,  N.  Heil,  N.  Kaufman,  A.  Weaver,  A.  Light, 
F.  B.  Lutman,  W.  W.  Hambright,  S.  L.  Wiest,  and  W. 
Wagner.  E.  Bast  was  again  received  as  preacher  on 
trial.  L.  Schmidt  was  again  received  as  elder,  the 
relation  which  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  withdrawal. 
The  supernumerary  preacliers  were  D.  Berger,  G.  T. 
Haines,  D.  Wieand,  M.  Sindlinger,  J.  S.  Scheimer,  A. 
H.  Overholt,  and  S.  P.  Reinoehl.  The  conference 
claimants  were  G.  T.  Haines,  M.  Sindlinger,  D.  Wieand, 
S.  P.  Heinoehl,  and  Sisters  Sehnerr  and  Hesser. 

L.  Scheuerman  addressed  the  Conference  in  the  inter- 
ests of  our  Orplians'  Home,  after  which  he  secured  the 
Bum  of  8130.22  in  subscriptions,  and  $400  in  endowment 
notes.  The  preachers  were  instructed  to  report  their 
collections  for  the  orphan  cause  in  the  annual  statistics 
hereafter.  The  Conference  endorsed  the  publication  of 
an  English  translation  of  S.  G.  Ehoads'  German  work, 
''DerAlte  Weg.'' 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  investigate  and 
report  such  preachers  who  neglect  to  perform  their 
duty  in  the  missionary  cause.     The  chairman  having 


220  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1869. 

informed  the  Conference  tli;it  Bishop  J.  Long  has  l)een 
greatly  afflicted  for  some  time,  and  that  he  sends  to  this 
Conference  liis  cordial  greetings  and  blessing,  it  was  re- 
solved that  we  herewith  reciprocate  the  friendly  greet- 
ings of  our  highly  esteemed  Bisliop  Long,  and  that 
we  wish  him  a  speedy  recovery,  long  life,  and  peace. 
The  presiding  elders  were  instructed  to  select  the 
most  suitable  persons  from  among  the  candidates  for  the 
itinerancy,  in  order  that  all  vacancies  may  be  properly 
supplied,  the  brethren  thus  selected  to  serve  under  the 
charge  of  the  presiding  elders. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Allentown  German  Mission  was  changed  to  a  station. 
Freemansburg  was  taken  from  Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit 
aitd  constituted  a  station.  An  English  mission  was 
located  in  Easton.  Jefferson  and  Sterling  classes  were 
taken  from  Wayne  Mission  and  annexed  to  Monroe 
Circuit.  A  new  mission  was  formed  in  Wayne  Co.  and 
called  Kellytown  Mission. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

With  reference  to  the  Central  Park  Mission  in  New 
York  City  it  was  resolved  that  a  lot  l)e  secured  in 
another  location  and  that  a  frame  chapel  be  ei'ected  at 
a  cost  of  al)Out  $3,000;  and  inasmuch  as  there  still 
remains  a  deficit  of  $2,500  to  pay  for  the  ground  alone, 
for  which  deficit  no  provision  has  been  made,  and  as 
this  Conference  finds  it  impossible  to  do  more  for  that 
mission  at  present;  and  futhei-more,  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  New  York  City  is  the  chief  landing  place  for  im- 
migrants to  this  country  and  our  work  there  has  been 


1869.]         THE    EAST    PEN^'SYLVANIA    CONFERKNCE.  221 

the  means  of  strenffthenino-  the  churches  in  other  con- 
ferences,  thus  investing  it  with  the  importance  of  a 
general  church  interest,  it  was  resolved  that  an  appeal 
be  made  through  our  highly  esteemed  bishops  to  the 
various  conferences  to  permit  our  collector  to  solicit 
contributions  in  such  fields  of  l;il)or  as  the  respective 
conferences  may  see  proper  to  open  for  this  purpose. 
The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  account  of  C. 
Meyers,  collector  for  the  mission  during  the  past  year: 

Cash  secured $4,150.02 

Expense?,  salary,  and  rent 796.52 

Total $3,351.50 

Unpaid  subscriptions 544.80 

In  response  to  an  appeal  from  the  Immanuel  congre- 
gation of  Philadelphia,  it  was  resolved  that  each 
preacher  take  a  collection  on  his  field  of  labor  during 
the  months  of  May  and  June  of  the  current  year,  to  be 
applied  to  the  erection  of  a  new  church  edifice  for  the 
use  of  the  said  congregation.  It  was  resolved  that 
$6,000  be  collected,  as  soon  as  practicable,  for  the 
erection  of  a  new  church  edifice  for  the  English  mission 
in  Philadelphia,  and  that  T.  Bowman  shall  serve  as  col- 
lector for  this  purpose  during  the  ensuing  year.  The 
trustees  of  the  Phrenixville  congregation  received  per- 
mission to  borrow  -Si, 000  for  their  new  church  edifice. 
The  class  in  the  vicinity  of  the  "Albright  Church" 
received  permission  to  sell  lots  for  the  purpose  of  liqui- 
dating the  debt  still  burdening  the  church.  It  was 
resolved  that  the  stationing  committee  appoint  an  agent 
for  a  new  church  edifice  in  the  English  Mission  in  Lan- 
caster City. 


222  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1869. 

EDUCATION. 

The  training  of  the  young  should  be  considered  one 
of  the  most  important  commissions  given  to  the  church 
of  Christ;  and  this  subject  challenges  our  most  earnest 
attention,  the  more  because  of  the  great  injury  to  which 
our  youth  are  exposed  by  the  reading  of  novels  and 
such  other  frivolous  publications  which  have  a  tendency 
to  destroy  their  taste  for  pure  literature  as  well  as  to 
impair  their  moral  and  christian  culture.  The  attention 
of  our  Association  is  also  directed  to  the  fact  that  many 
of  the  books  which  answer  to  the  foregoing  description 
appear  in  our  Sunday-school  libraries.  So-called  stories, 
which  have  no  foundation  in  fact,  are  not  adapted  to 
produce  the  desired  results.  It  is  also  our  belief  that 
all  theatrical  representations  and  such  picnics  which 
are  not  conducted  acjcording  to  strict  christian  principles 
are  injurious,  and  we  therefore  recommend  tiiat,  if 
possible,  these  degenerate  practices  be  suppressed  and 
uprooted. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The  following  was  adopted:  As  a  Conference  we 
rejoice  to  liear  of  the  organization  of  the  Peinisylvania 
State  Temperance  Union,  whose  object  is  to  secure  co- 
operation on  the  part  of  all  the  churches  and  temper- 
ance societies  of  this  State  for  the  overthrow  of  the 
liquor  traffic.  We  agree  to  open  our  churches  at  all 
suitable  times  to  the  preachers  sent  by  the  Union  for 
the  purpose  of  preaching  or  lecturing  on  the  subject  of 
temperance  and  will  use  our  influence  with  all  our  mem- 
bers to  become  total  abstainers  from  all  intoxicating 
drinks. 


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223 


FINANCE. 

Receipts  : 

Balance  on  hand  from  1868 $105.07 

Conference  collections 596.58 

Charitible  Society 400.00 

Book  establishment 150.00 

$1,251.65 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 1,218.00 


$      33.65 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  Encr.  Miss.... $550 
Nth.  Phila.  Eng  Miss.  200 
Camden  and   Glass- 
borough  Miss 300 

Bridesburg  Miss 275 

Norristown  Miss.  ...  50 

Central  Park  Miss..  .  500 

Union  Hill  Miss 250 

Newark  Miss 225 


Easton  Ens.  Miss. 


AUentown  Eng.  Miss 


$350 
325 

Ilazleton  Miss 250 

Kelljtown  Miss 75 

Lancaster  Miss 400 

Harrisbnrg  Miss 400 

Trevorton  Miss 350 


Total $4,500 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— S.  i^eiiz,  P.  E. 

Philuaelpliia  Sta.— I.  Hess. 

Sth.    Pliiladelphia   Sta.  —  T.    Platten- 

berger. 
Germuntown   Sta.  —  R.    M.    Lichten- 

walner. 
Montgomery  Cir.— F.  P.  Lelir  and  B. 

D.  AJbrigM. 

MUforO  Cir.— J.  Scihell  and . 

Eutztown    Cir.— F.    Siechrist   and   A. 

Kindt. 
Norristown  Miss.— E.  Butz. 
Nth.  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Kurtz. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— T.  Bowman. 
Bridesburg  Miss.— N.  Goebel. 
Camden  and  Glassborough  Miss.— H.  E. 

Oehrle. 


Easton  District— i*'.  HojBman,  P.  E. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Freeman.sburg  Sta.— J.  0.  Bliem. 
Easton  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 
New  York  Sta.— I.  E.  Kuerr. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— A.  Schultz  and 

J.  L.  Werner. 
Northampton  Cir.— H.  Stoetzel  and  I. 

E.  Zimmerman. 
Monroe  Cir.— D.  Uambright  and  W.  A. 

Leopold. 
Kellytown  Miss.— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Newark  Miss.— D.  Yingst. 
Union  Hill  Miss.— G.  Scharf. 
Central  Park  Miss.— K.  Deisher. 
Easton  Eng.  Miss.— L.  N.  Worman. 


224 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1870. 


Allentown  District— J^.  Tealcel,  P.  E. 
Allentowu  Sta.— C.  II.  Baker. 
East  Allentown  Sta.— E.  Ely. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieaud. 
Mahauoy  City  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Lehigh  Cir.— S.  Ely  and  J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— J.  SteJtzer. 

Carbon  Cir. — M.  Dissiuger  and . 

Scliuyllcill  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Asliland  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Hazleton  Miss.— C.  Jleyers. 
Allentown  Eng.  Miss.— J.  G.  Sands. 

Reading  Distkict.— c^.  m.  Saylor,P.  E. 
Heading  Sta.— G.  Knerr. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Lebanon  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Fairville  Sta.— C.  K.  Fehr. 
Lancaster  Sta.  —J.  Koehl. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Specht  and  A.  M. 
Stirk. 


Brownstown  Cir. — J.  Zern  and  D.Mertz. 
Womelsdorf  Cir. — A.  F.  Leopold. 
Myerstown  Cir.— D.  Lentz. 

Annville  Cir.— J.  Laros  and . 

Chester  Cir.— H.  H.  Laudis. 
Lancaster  Eng.  Miss.— J.  N.  Metzgar, 
agent  for  Church  Building. 

POTTsviLLE  District— X  P.  Leib,P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— L.  H.  Gehinan. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— C.  S.  Haman. 
Tremont  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
Millersburg  Cir.— L.  Snyder. 
Lykens  Cir.— W.  Heim  and  S.  L.  Wiest. 
Mahantongo   Cir.— B.   F.   Bohner  and 

W.  H.  Weidner. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Cressona  Cir. — H.  A.  Neitz. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— C.  Gingrich. 
Trevorton  Miss.— S.  S.  Chubb. 


1870. 

T/ie  Thirty-First  (63^/)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Esber, 

Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  K.  Felir  and  S.  B.  Brown. 

The  members  of  the  East  Ph.  Conference  assembled 
in  annual  session  in  the  Emanuel  Evangelical  cliurch  at 
Catasanqna,  Pa.,  February  23ci,  1870.  The  following 
committees  were  appointed:  On  Worship, — The  five 
presiding  elders,  J.  O.  Lehr,  and  C,  H.  Baker;  On 
Letters, — A.  Schultz,  F.  Krecker,  and  M.  Dissinger; 
On  Quarterly  Conference  Proceedings, — L.  Snyder,  C. 
Meyers,  C.  S.  Haman,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  J.  Koehl;  On 
Statistics,— I.  E.  Knerr,  C.  B.  Fliehr,  and  J.  K.  Sey- 
frit; On  Finances, — S.  G.  Ehoads,  J.  K.  Knerr,  and 


1870.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      225 

W.  K.  Wieand;  On  Education, — T.Bowman,  J.  Kurtz, 
H.  Deisher,  S.  S.  Chubb,  and  J.  Steltzer;  To  Audit 
Accounts, — D.  Z.  Kembel,  Seneca  Breyfogel,  and  R. 
M.  Lichtenwaluer. 

It  was  reported  that  a  preacher  on  trial  had  been  ex- 
pelled during  the  past  year,  J.  S.  Scheimer  located 
on  account  of  bodily  intlrinities.  E.  Ely  was  per- 
mitted to  rest  one  year.  The  supernuuierary  preachers 
were  D.  Berger,  G.  T.  Haines,  D.  Wieand,  M.  Sind- 
linger,  S.  F.  Reinoehl,  A.  H.  Overholt,  and  H.  Stoetzel. 
The  widows  Ilesser  and  Schnerr  received  support  from 
the  Conference. 

S.  Neitz  was  re-elected,  and  C.  S.  Haman  was  newly 
elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder.  H.  A.  Neitz, 
B.  J.  Smnyer,  W.  K.  Wieand,  J.  Loras,  and  J.  G.  Sands 
were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  A.  M.  Stii-k,  A. 
Kindt,  J.  L.  Werner,  J.  Savitz,  and  G.  Miller,  to  the 
office  of  Deacon.  The  following  received  license  as 
preachers  on  trial :  S.  F.  Dundor,  J.  M.  Soliday,  A. 
Straub,  E.  Gaumer,  J.  A.  Fegar,  I.  W.  Yeakel,  D.  S. 
Stauffer,  M.  Trumbore,  and  M.  N.  Bernhart.  The 
Conference  received  H.  K.  Funk,  formerly  a  local 
preacher  in  the  M,  E.  Church,  as  preacher  on  trial.  The 
brethren  S.  L.  Wiest,  J.  Savitz,  W.  A.  Shoemake-,  J. 
L.  Werner,  and  R.  Drcibellnes  were  received  into  the 
itinerancy.  The  Church  Building  Society  was  located 
in  the  city  of  Reading.  T.  Bowman  resigned  the  posi- 
tion of  collector  for  the  Philadelphia  English  Mission. 
S.  L.  Wiest  was  elected  the  traveling  agent  of  the 
Church  Building  Society.  Inasmuch  as  difficulties  are 
constantly  arising  in  the  various  congregations  in  which 
the  people  worship  in   both   the   German  and  English 


226  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1870. 

languages  ;  therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  it  is  the  sense 
of  this  Conference  that  all  questions  arising  out  of  this 
subject  shall  be  decided  by  the  presiding  elder,  the 
preacher  in  charge,  and  the  majority  of  the  respective 
congregations.  Tlie  following  were  appointed  to  ex- 
amine the  junior  preachers  in  their  studies:  F.Hoff- 
man, J.  M.  Saylor,  S.  Neitz,  J.  Yeakel,  and  G.  E. 
Fisher. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Rising  Snn  was  taken  from  Germantown  Station  and 
attached  to  the  North  Philadelphia  Mission.  Trappe 
Circuit  was  formed  by  taking  Sehwenksville,  Limerick, 
and  Trappe  from  Montgomery  Circuit.  Sterling  and 
Jefferson  classes  were  taken  from  Monroe  Circuit  and 
called  Wayne  Circuit.  Mauch  Chnnlc,  Mahanoy,  etc., 
were  organized  into  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit.  Parry ville 
Circuit  was  formed  of  Parry  ville,  Millport,  Big  Creek, 
etc.  Adamstown  Circuit  was  made  up  of  Mohnsville, 
Mohnshill,  Adamstown,  and  Rsamstown.  Trevorton 
Mission  was  (-hanged  to  a  circuit.  The  name  of  Central 
Park  Mission  was  changed  to  New  York  Mission, 
53d  Street.  New  Village  and  Hoxburg  were  taken 
from  Northampton  Circuit  and  called  Bangor  Circuit. 
Little  Mahanoy  was  taken  from  Mahantongo  Circuit 
and  annexed  to  Trevorton  Circuit.  Dunkelber^er's 
class  was  transferred  from  Lykens  Cir(uiit  to  Mahan- 
tongo, and  Mahantongo  wa^  divided  into  two  fields,  the 
upper  to  retain  the  old  name  and  the  lower  to  be  called 
Uniontown  Circuit.  Tremont  and  Eausch  Creek  were 
annexed  to  Lykens  Circuit.  The  following  appiunt- 
ments  were  made  stations:  N(»rristown,  Weissport  and 
Leliighton,   and    Harrisburg  Mission.      New   missions 


1870.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  227 

were  located  at  Phoenixville  and  Pottstown,  Reading, 
Harrisburg,  and  South  Bethlehem;  the  last  two  to  be 
English  missions. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  session 
reported  that  a  lot  had  been  purchased  on  5P>d  St., 
New  York  (Central  Park  Mission),  and  a  substantial 
one-story  brick  church  erected,  and  that  the  entire 
property  is  worth  $16,000.00,  encumbered  by  a  debt  of 
$7,100.00.  R.  Deisher,  the  collector  for  this  church, 
made  a  report  which  was  audited  and  approved.  T. 
Bowman,  collector  for  the  Philadelphia  English  Mis- 
sion, reported  that  he  had  collected  $2,976.24  in  cash 
and  subscriptions.  The  congregations  at  Cressona  and 
Berne  received  permission  to  sell  their  church  proper- 
ties in  order  to  erect  new  churches.  J.  M.  Saylor,  J. 
Koehl,  S.  Neitz,  F.  Hoffman,  and  S.  P.  Rsinoehl  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  locate  the  new  mission  in  Read- 
ing, Pa. 

EDUCATION. 

Prof.  D.  Denlinger  addressed  the  Conference  in  the 
interests  of  Union  Seminary,  whereupon  it  was  resolved 
to  recommend  that  institution  to  our  people.  Inasmuch 
as  a  number  of  preachers  manifested  a  certain  indiffer- 
ence to  the  Sunday-school  cause,  it  was  resolved  that  a 
Sunday-school  Convention  be  held  within  the  bounds  of 
the  Conference  this  year.*  T.  Bowman,  S.  G.  Rhoads, 
J.  Koehl,  J.  M.  Miller,  of  Philadelphia,  and  F.  G.  Boas, 
of  Reading,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  carry  out 
this  purpose. 

•Tliis  was  the  origiu  of  those  famous  annual  Sunday-school  Conventions  which 
exerted  such  an  immeasurable  influence  for  good  upon  ihe  Sunday-schools  of  the 
East  Pa.  Conference.— S.  C.  B. 


228 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1870. 


MEMORIALS. 


"Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  the  Arch- 
bishop and  Shepherd  of  onr  souls,  who  has  the  com- 
mand ovei-  life  and  death,  to  take  from  onr  midst  dur- 
ing the  past  year  our  esteemed  and  useful  bishop,  J. 
Long,  and  to  translate  liim  from  the  church  militant  to 
the  church  triumphant;  therefore  be  it 

JResolved,  That  we  erect  to  him  the  following 
memorial:  As  a  superintendent  over  us  he  was  an  up- 
right, candid  man,  fully  consecrated  to  the  work  of  (rod, 
a  useful  laborer  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  a  man  full 
of  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  might}'  in  the 
Scriptures.  His  preaching  (consisted  not  of  words  only, 
but  was  accompanied  by  the  demonstration  of  the  Spiiit 
and  of  power.  We  extend  to  his  bereaved  family  our 
sincere  sympathy,  and  humbly  acknowledge  and  bow  to 
the  divine  will  in  this  occurrence. 

MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Fhiha.  Eng.  Miss $550 

Nth.  Phila.  Miss 150 

C  a  m  d  e  n  and  Glass- 
borough  Miss 300 

Bridesburgh  Miss...    200 
P  h  a?  n  i  X  V  i  1 1  e     and 
Pottstown  Miss .  .  .    300 

Newark  Miss 275 

Union  Hill  Miss 275 


NewYork,53d  st.Miss.SiSO 

Ea^ton  Eng.  Miss 250 

Bethlehem  Eng.  Miss.  200 
Hazleton  Eng.  Miss..  250 
Allentown  Eng.  Miss.  250 
Laticaster  Eng.  Miss.  6(^0 
Harrishiirg  Eng.  Miss.  500 
Eeadino;  Miss 450 


Total $5,000 


1870.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


229 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.S.  Hainan, 

r.E. 

Philadelphia  Sta.— I.  Hess. 

Soutli   Philadelphia   Sta.— T.   Platten- 

berger. 
Gerinantown  Sta  —J.  P.  Lieb. 
Norrisiown  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Montgomery  Cir.— II.  Kempfer  and  M. 

Trnrabore. 
Trappe  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Milford  Cir— F.  Siechrist  and  R.  Drei- 

belbies. 
Kutztown    Cir.— C.    Gingrich    and  A. 

Kindt. 
North  Philadelphia  Miss.— J.  Schell. 
Bridesbiirg  Miss.— ^M.  Sindlinger. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Camden  and  Glassborough  Miss.-D. 

Yingst. 
Phoeni.xville  and  Pottstown  Miss.— E. 

Butz. 

Easton  District— F.  Hoffman,  P.  E. 

Catasaiiqna  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 

Bethlehem  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 

Freeman^iburg  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 

Easton  Sta.— G.  Scharf. 

New  Y'ork  Sta.— I.  E.  Knerr. 

Bangor  Sta.— (To  be  supplied). 

Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— H.  Stoetzel  and 
M.  N.  Bernhart. 

Northampton  Cir.— W.  A.  Leopold  and 
W.  Hambright. 

Monroe  Cir.— I.  E.  Zimmerman. 

Wayne  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher. 

New  Y'ork.  53d  St.  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 

Newark  Miss.- J.  Kurtz. 

Union  Hill,  &c.,  Miss.- N.  Goebel. 

Easton,  Eng.  Miss.— L.  N.  Worman. 

South  Bethlehem  Eng.  Miss.-D.  Ham- 
bright. 

Allentown  District— J.  Yeakel,  P.  E. 
Allentowu  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 
East  Allentown  Sta.— S.  Ely. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 


Weissport  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 
Lehigh  Cir.— A.  Shultz. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— J.  Steltzer. 
Parryville  Cir.— D.  Z   Kembel. 
Mauch  Chunk  Cir.— .\.  Ziegenfus. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— J.  Werner. 
Orwigsburg  Cir.— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Ashland  Cir. — J.  Savitz. 
Hazleton  Miss.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
AUentown  Eng.  Miss.— J.  G.  bands. 

Reading  District— J^.  M.  Saylor,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta. —G.  Knerr. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— S.  P.  Reinoehl. 
Lebaoon  Sta.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Fairville  Sta.— C.  K.  Fehr. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.  Specht  and  W.   A. 

Shoemaker. 
Brownstown  Cir.— J.  Zern. 
Adamstowu  Cir.— J.  Loras. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— A.  Leopold. 
Myerstown  Cir.— D.  Lentz. 
Annville  Cir.— A.  M.  Stirk  and  D.  Mert/ , 
Chester  Cir.— B.  D.  Albright. 
Lancaster  Eng.  Miss  — F.  P.  Lehr. 
Reading  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 

Pottsville  District— S.  Xeitz,  P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta  — R.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— T.  Bowman. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Harrishurg  Sta. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Millersburg  Clr.~L.  Snyder. 
Lykens  Cir.— J.   K.  Knerr  and  D.  S. 

Stauffer. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— W.  Heim. 
Uniontown  Cir.— W.  H.  Weidner. 
Cressona  Cir.— H.  A.  N°itz. 
TrevortonCir.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 
Harrisbnrg    Eng.  Miss.— L     H.    Geh- 

man. 
Agent  for  the  Church  BuUding  Society, 

S.  L.  Wiest. 


230  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [I8YI. 

1871. 

The    TJiirty-Second  {Q4:t7i)  Animal  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary^  John  Koehl. 

Assistant  Secretaries.,  E.  Deisher  and  I.  E.  Knerr. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  convened  in  its  thirty-sec- 
ond annual  session  in  the  Immanuel  Evangelical  chiirch, 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  Wednesday,  Feb.  22d,  1871.  The  stand- 
ing committees  were  appointed  as  follows:  On  Wor- 
ship,— The  presiding  elders  and  J.  C.  Bliem;  On  Let- 
ters,—L.  Snyder,  C.  H.  Baker,  and  C.  Meyers;  On 
Quarterly  Conference  Proceedings, — G.  T.  Haines,  A. 
Schultz,  H.  Stoetzel,  F.  Krecker,  and  M.  Dissinger; 
On  Statistics,— C.  K.  Fehr,  E.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  and 
S.  B.  Brown;  On  Church  Affairs,- J.  Kurtz,  Seneca 
Breyfogel,  and  E[.  A.  Neitz;  On  Education,— A. 
Schultz,  S.  G.  Ehoads,  W.  Heim,  J.  Adams,  and  G. 
Knerr;  On  Finance,— T.  Bowman,  S.  S.  Chnl)b,  and  J. 
K.  Knerr.  The  committees  of  investigation  reported 
that  two  traveling  elders  had  been  deposed  from  the 
ministiy  and  expelled  from  the  church  during  the  year 
for  immoral  conduct.  The  reports  were  adopted.  E. 
Gaumer,  a  local  preacher,  resigned  his  license.  S.  Dun- 
dore,  a  local  preacher,  died  during  the  year.  B.  F. 
Bohner  was  retained  in  the  intinerancy  one  year  without 
an  appointment.  D.  Mertz  was  placed  in  a  local  re- 
lation. 

J.  Yeakol  was  re-elected,  and  T.  Bowman,  newly 
elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding  Elder.  W.  A.  Leo- 
pold, J.  K.  Seyfrit,  L  E.  Zimmerman,  F.  Sechrist,  and 


1871.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  231 

B.  D.  Albright  were  elected  to  the  office  of  Elder;  W. 
A.  Shoemaker,  S.  L.  Wiest,  J.  Kurtz,  O.  L.  Savior,  E. 
Dreibelbis,  J.  Moyer,  D.  Lehman,  and  J.  Painter,  to 
the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  brethren  received 
license  as  preachers  on  trial:  Enos  J.  Miller,  AVilliam 
Minsker,  M.  Steckley,  A,  A.  Belong.  Adam  Hofsoraer, 
Jordan  F.  Wohlfarth,  Uriah  H.  Hershej,  Jeremiah  K. 
Fehr,  S.  S.  Young,  W.  W.  Weaver,  and  S.  H.  Dunkel- 
berger.  A.  Markley,  a  local  preacher  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  was  received.  The  supernumerary  preachers 
were  D.  Berger,  G.  T.  Haines,  D.  Wieand,  S.  P.  Rein- 
oehl,  E.  Ely,  and  H.  Stoetzel.  The  widows  Hesser  and 
Schnerr  received  support.  The  following  were  received 
into  the  itinerancy:  D.  S.  Stanffer,  A.  A.  Belong,  E. 
J.  Miller,  J.  K.  Fehr,  I.  W.  Yeakel,  B.  H.  Miller,  M. 
Guhl,  and  U.  PI.  Horshey.  R.  Mott,  of  the  Pittsburg 
Conference,  was  received  into  the  itinerancy  on  condi- 
tion that  he  bring  credentials. 

The  Conference  passed  a  resolution  endorsing  a  work 
on  Cln-istian  Baptism  written  by  J.  Koehl  and  recom- 
mending it  to  preachers  and  people.  Information  having 
come  to  the  Conference  that  at  least  one  annual  confer- 
ence had  established  a  special  fund  for  the  support  of 
its  claimants,  it  was  resolved,  that  we  ask  of  the  next 
General  Conference  that  if  it  is  lawful  for  a  confer- 
ence to  establish  a  separate  fund,  that  the  Charitable 
Society  be  disbanded  and  our  share  of  the  funds  re- 
stored to  us.  J.  P.  Leib  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
Conference. 

The  majority  and  minority  reports  of  the  committee 
on  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  publication  with 
reference  to  the  ex-editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger. 


232  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1871. 

The  majority  report:  Whereas,  We  learn  from  the 
published  proceedings  of  the  board  of  publication  that 
that  body  had  an  extra  session  on  Jan.  11th  of  this 
year,  in  Cleveland,  O.,  for  the  purpose  of  investigating 
the  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger  ;  And  Whereas, 
The  editor,  who  had  been  repeatedly  elected  by  the 
General  Conference,  and  who  had  fulfilled  the  duties 
of  his  office  with  acknowledged  ability  and  to  almost 
universal  stitisfaction,  was  induced  by  this  action,  to 
resign  his  office,  we  cannot  let  the  opportunity  pass 
without  expressing  our  opinion  on  this  aifair.  But 
while  thus  giving  expression  to  our  opinion  we  do 
not  wish  to  charge  the  board  of  publication  with  im- 
pure motives,  nor  to  dispute  its  jurisdiction  over  the 
official  management  of  the  hook  establishment  in  gen- 
eral. But  inasmuch  as  this  affair  of  the  editor  is  in 
many  respects  a  peculiar  one,  and  our  Church  Discdpline 
prescribes  no  specific  direction  how  to  proceed  against 
an  official  of  the  book  establishment  in  such  a  case; 
therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  we  herewith  instruct  our 
delegates  to  the  General  Conference  to  represent  our 
view  before  that  body  and  to  present  these  reasons  why 
we  consider  the  action  of  the  board  premature:  1st, 
Because  the  principal  points  contained  in  the  charge,  so 
far  as  doctrines  are  in  question,  should  have  been  urged 
against  him  l)y  his  complainants,  who  were  present,  in 
the  investigation  at  the  last  General  Conference,  which, 
however,  was  not  done.  2d,  Because,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  his  views  upon  a  most  important  doctrine 
had  become  familiarly  known  through  a  controversy 
held  in  the  Evangelical  Messenger^  the  General  Confer- 
ence re-elected  him  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger. 


1871.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  233 

3d,  Because  u  diversity  of  opinion  has   existed  among 
ns  from  the  beginning  on  the  doctrines  involved,  which 
also  appears  from  the  proceedings  of   the  last  General 
Conference,  where  an  effort  was  made  to  reconcile  these 
differences  by  the  adoj)tion  of  a  series  of  resolutions, 
although  the  delegates  differed  in  less  important  partic- 
ulars.    4th,  Because,  although  we  deem  it  of  the  high- 
est importance  that  there  should  exist  unanimity  in  the 
essentials  of  this  doctrine,  we,  however,  also  consider  it 
of  equal  imporlance  that  forbearance  and  love  should 
prevail  witli  reference  to  the  less  important  details  of 
the  doctrine  so  long  as  redemption  from  all   sin  in  this 
life  is  believed  and  taught.    5th,  Although  not  desiring 
to  approve  of  his  language  and  the  judiciousness  of  his 
proposals,  in   his  editorial  entitled    "  Our   Articles    of 
Faith,"  yet  we  do  not  discover  anything  therein  to  con- 
vict him  of  revolutionary  intentions  against  the  Associ- 
ation.    6th,  Because  it  is  our  opinion,  after  mature  and 
impartial  deliberation,  based  upon  the  official  report  of 
the  investigation,  that  the  board   should  have  presented 
its  charges — as  far  as  they  relate  to  doctrine  and  the 
aforementioned  editorial — to  the  Pittsburg  Conference, 
or  else  deferred  action  until  the  next  General  Confer- 
ence. 

The  minority^  report  is  as  follows:  Resolved,  1st, 
That  we  express  our  inmost  regret  concerning  the  re- 
cent occurrences  in  our  book  establishment,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  editorship  of  the  Eoangelical  Messenger. 
2d,  That  in  view  of  the  moral  character,  and  the  ripe 
official  experience  of  the  members  of  the  board  of 
publication,  we  repose  in  them  the  confidence  that  they 
gave  the  subject  mature  reflection  and  acted   according 

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234  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1871. 

to  their  best  jnd«^ment,  and  all  the  more  because  of  the 
fact  that  they  ai-e  responsible  to  the  General  Confer- 
ence and  throngh  that  body  to  tiie  entire  churcli  for 
their  conduct. 

The  majority  report  was  adopted  with  the  following 
addition:  Inasmuch  as  the  majority  of  this  Conference, 
in  its  instructions  to  the  delegates  to  the  next  Gen- 
eral Conference,  has  freely  expressed  its  opinion  on 
the  Cleveland  affair,  and  inasmuch  as  the  Conference 
cannot  justify  the  conduct  of  the  editor  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Messenger  in  every  particular;  therefore  be  it 
Resolved,  1st,  That  we  heartily  deplore  and  decidedly 
disapprove  of  the  conduct  of  the  editor  in  appealing  to 
the  civil  courts,  however  justifiable  (and  we  will  not 
impugn  his  motives)  lie  may  have  regarded  his  course 
under  the  peculiar  circumstances,  because  it  has  deeply 
grieved  the  brethren  and  has  given  the  enemies  of 
the  church  occasion  for  rejoicing.  2d,  That  by  this 
action  we  do  not  desire  to  cast  any  reflection  upon  those 
who  have  been  appointed  l)y  the  board  to  edit  the 
Evangelical  Messenger  in  the  meantime,  nor  to  dis- 
courage them  in  the  least,  inasmuch  as  we  have  the 
confidence  that  they  will  endeavor  to  do  their  best 
under  the  circumstances,  and  hope,  therefore,  that  none 
of  our  members  or  well-wishers  will  withdraw  their 
support  from  that  periodical. 

The  following  is  the  protest  of  Bishop  Esher  against 
the  majority  report:  Against  the  foregoing  report  I 
record  my  decided  protest:  1st,  Because  I  hold  to  the 
conviction  that  the  contents  of  the  report  could  not  come 
before  this  Conference  or  be  acted  upon  legally.  2d, 
Because    the   report  criticises  the  regular  disciplinary 


1871.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA.    CONFERENCE.  235 

action  of  one  of  the  official  boards  of  tlie  church  in 
dealing  with  a  transgressing  official,  and  thereby,  in  an 
indirect  manner,  takes  the  transgressor  nnder  protec- 
tion before  the  affair  has  been  properly  and  regularly 
investigated  by  the  Conference.  3d,  Because  this  re- 
port treats  the  violation  of  our  Church  Discipline  and 
the  casting  of  suspicion  upon  our  Articles  of  Faith  as  an 
indifferent  matter,  since  it  expresses  censure  upon  a 
regular  action  which  called  to  account  an  official  who 
had  made  himself  guilty  of  the  aforementioned  trans- 
gression. 4:th,  Because  the  delegates  of  this  Conference, 
who,  with  the  delegates  of  other  annual  conferences, 
are  to  sit  as  judges  in  lawful  decision  over  the  said  in- 
vestigation, are  instructed  beforehand  by  this  report  how 
they  are  to  pronounce  judgment  in  the  case  and  what 
decision  they  are  to  render. 

The  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the  General 
Conference:  S.  Neitz,  J.  M.  Saylor,  J.  P.  Leib,  C.  S. 
Haman,  T.  Bowman,  J.  Yeakel,  S.  G.  Ehoads,  L.  Sny- 
der, F.  Hoffman,  and  G.  Knerr.  The  alternates  were: 
C.  H.  Baker,  J.  Koehl,  and  J.  O.  Lehr. 

BOUNDARIES. 

North  Philadelphia  Mission  was  changed  to  a  station. 
Bath  and  JSTazareth  were  called  Bath  Circuit.  Bangor 
Station  was  discontinued.  Bushkill,  Plainheld,  Wind- 
gap,  Ackermantown,  Bangor,  Miller's  class,  and  Box- 
burg  constituted  Northampton  Circuit.  South  Bethle- 
hem Mission  was  discontinued.  White  Haven  was 
transferred  from  Hazleton  to  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit. 
Bush  Yalley  and  Locust  Valley  were  taken  from 
Tamaqua  and  annexed  to  Schuylkill  Circuit.   Berrysburg 


1>36  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [ISTl. 


Circuit  was  formed  of  the  following  appointments :  Ber- 
rysburg,  Gratztown,  Oakdalc,  Dunkelberger's  class,  and 
Webers  class.  Millersbnrgwas  made  a  station.  Halifax, 
Fishersville,  and  Matimoras  and  vicinity  were  constituted 
a  mission.  Harrisburg  Station  was  discontinued,  and  the 
English  Mission  connected  with  tbe  German  church. 
Mabantongo,  Uniontown,  and  a  part  of  Trevorton  Cir- 
cuit were  formed  into  Mahantongo  Circuit.  New  mis- 
sions were  located  at  the  following  places:  Wilkes- 
barre  and  Scranton,  Newmanstown,  Shamokin,  Wil- 
liams Yalley,  Tremont,  Hellertown,  and  Hamburg. 
The  conference  territory  was  divided  into  six  presiding 
elder  districts. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  South  Philadelphia  congregation  received  per- 
mission to  send  a  collector  throughout  the  bounds  of 
the  Conference.  The  agent  of  the  Church  Building 
Society  reported  that  he  had  collected  $3,813.85,  from 
which  were  deducted  $925.93  for  his  salary,  rent,  and 
traveling  expenses.  The  trustees  of  Salem  church, 
Williams  Yalley  Mission,  were  authorized  to  sell  their 
church  property  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  for  the 
erection  of  a  new  church.  It  was  resolved  that  here- 
after the  Sunday  services  in  the  Germantown  and  Nor- 
ristown  churches  shall  be  German  in  the  forenoon  and 
English  in  the  evening.  The  aifairs  of  the  Hatfield 
church  were  referred  to  the  presiding  elder  and  preacher 
in  charge  of  the  congregation. 

EDUCATION. 

Resolved^  That  we  are  highly  gratified  with  the  de- 


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237 


cided  success  of  the  Annual  Sunday-school  Convention 
held  in  the  city  of  Eeading,  Pa.,  in  October,  1870,  and 
that  we  rejoice  over  the  announcement  that  another 
convention  is  to  be  held  at  Allentown  during  the  cur- 
rent year.  S.  G.  Rhoads,  T.  Bowman,  C.  K.  Fehr,  C. 
S.  Haman,  and  H.  Stoetzel  were  appointed  examiners 
for  the  next  year. 

FINANCE. 

Balance  on  hand  from  last  year $  32.35 

Received  from  conference  collections 628.27 

"            "      the  book  establishment 200.00 

"            "       the  Charitable  Society 265.50 


Paid  to  claimants. 


$1,126.12 

.       847.50 


Balance 8    278.62 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Philadelphia  Miss.  .  .$500 

Camden  Miss 275 

Brideslmrg  Miss 250 

Pottstown    and  Phoe- 

nixville  Miss 400 

Easton  Miss 350 

Newark  Miss 275 

New  York  Miss 450 

Union    Hill     and 

Greenville  Miss.  .  .  275 
Newmanstown  Miss..  150 
Hazleton  Miss 200 


Tremont  Miss 

$200 

Williams  Valley  Miss 

.  300 

Shamokin  Miss 

400 

Harrisburg  Miss..  .  . 

400 

Lancaster  Miss 

550 

Reading  Miss 

450 

Halifax  Miss 

325 

Allentown  Miss. .  .  . 

250 

Hamburg  Miss 

100 

$6,100 


238 


EVANGELICAL    LAKDMAKKS. 


[1871. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  S.  Hainan, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia,  4th  St.  Sta.— J.  Steltzer. 
South  Philadelphia  Sta.— I.  Hess. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Germantown  Sta.— R.  M.  Lichtenwal- 

ner. 
Norristown  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Montgomery  Cir.— A.  Kindt. 
Trappe  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Milford   Cir.  —  R.     Deisher    and    A. 

Weaver. 
Bridesburg  Miss.— M.  Sindlinger. 
Camden  Miss.— D.  Yingst. 
Phoenixville   and   Pottstown   Miss.  — 

H.  Stoetzel. 

Reading  District— J^.  M.  Saylor,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Reading  Miss.— J.  Koehl. 
Kutztown  Cir.— C.  Gingrich  and  B.  H. 

Miller. 
Adamstown  Cir.— J.  Loras. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Brownstown  Cir.— A.  Schultz. 
Fairville  Sta.— J.  Specht. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Lancaster  Eag.  Miss.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Lancaster  Cir. — W.  II.  Weidner  and  U. 

H.  Hershey. 
Chester  Cir.— B.  D.  Albright. 

Harrisbubg  District— iJ*.    Hoffman, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Myerstown  Cir.— J.  F.  Wohlfarth. 
Newmanstown  Miss.— D.  Lentz. 
Annville    Cir.— A.    M.  Stirk  and  F.  P. 

Lehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— C.  K.  Fehr. 
Halifax  Miss.— W.  Ilein. 
Millersburg  Sta.-S.  S.  Chubb. 
Berrysburg  Cir.— J.  K.',Knerr. 
Williams    Valley  Miss.— R.  Dreibelbis 

and  A.  A.  DeLong. 
Mahontongo  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner  and  D. 

S.  Stauller. 
Shamokiu  Miss.— R.  Mott. 


Pottstille  District  —  T.  Boioman, 
P.  E. 

Pottsville  Sta.— H.  A.  Neitz. 

Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— L.  Snyder. 

Cressona  Cir.— L.  N.  Worinau. 

Pine  Grove  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Tremont  Miss.— J.  P.  Leib. 

Ashland  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 

Mahanoy  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 

Tamaqua  Sta  —Seneca  Breyfogel. 

Port  Carbon  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 

Orwigsburg  Cir.— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 

Schuylkill  Cir.— U.  Kempfer  and  A. 
Iloffsomer. 

Schuylkill  Haven  Miss.- (To  be  sup- 
plied.) 

Hazleton  Miss.— W.  K.  Wieand. 

Hamburg  Miss. — G.  Knerr. 

Allentown  District—^'.  Xettz,  P.  E. 

Alleut'jwn  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 

East  Allentown  Sta.— S.  Ely. 

Allentown  Eng.  Miss.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 

Berlinsville  Cir.— E.  Butz. 

Parryville  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 

Welssport  Sta.— A.  F.  Leopold. 
[   Mauch  Chunk  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 

Wilkesbarre  and  Scranton  Miss.— (To 
be  supplied.) 
,   Catasauqua  Sta. — C.  B.  Flielir. 

Lehigh  Civ. — F.  Sechrist  (and  one  to  be 
supplied). 

Easton  District— X  Yealcel,  P.  E. 
Easton  Sta.— G.  Scharf. 
Freemausburg  Sta. — S.  B.  Brown. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— C.  Meyers. 
Northampton  Cir. — G.  B.  Fisher  and  I. 

W.  Yeakel. 
Monroe    Cir.— I.   E.  Zimmerman  and 

E.  J.  Miller. 
New  York  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Union  Hill  and   GreeuvUle  Miss.- N. 

Goebel. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  Kurtz. 
New  York  53d  St.  Miss.— M.  Guhl. 
Easton  Eng.  Miss.— S.  L.  M'iest. 
Wayne  Cir.-W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— J.  Zern  and  D. 

Hambright. 


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239 


Bath  and  Nazareth  Cir.— W.  A.  Leo- 
pold. 
Hellertown  Miss.— (To  be  supplied.) 


J.  G.  Marquardt  in  the  service  of  the 
Missionary  Society  at  San  Francisco, 
California. 


1871. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents,  Bishops  J.  J.  Esher  and  R,  Yeakel. 

Secretary,  Jesse  Yeakel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  A.  Thomas  and  S.  Smith. 

The  delegates  of  the  various  annual  conferences  as- 
sembled in  the  Zion  Evangelical  church,  Napcrville, 
111.,  on  Thursday,  October  12th,  1871.*  Fourteen  con- 
ferences and  the  publishing  house  were  represented  by 
seventy-eight  delegates.  The  delegntes  of  the  East  Pa. 
Conference  were  all  present.  The  following  was 
adopted: 

Whereas,  The  ex-edit'>r  of  the  Eoangelical  Messenger 
has  submitted  to  this  body  a  document  containing  an 
appeal  in  reference  to  the  disciplinary  proceedings  of 
the  board  of  publication  in  I'egard  to  his  official  conduct 
as  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger ;  therefore  be  it 
Resolved,  That  he  has  no  disciplinary  right  to  an  ap- 
peal in  the  above  named  document,  because  he  has  re- 
signed his  office  and  has  called  to  his  aid  the  civil  courts, 
whereby  he  has  forfeited  liis  right  to  appeal  to  the 
higher  ecclesiastical  courts  of  our  church ;  and  that  the 
documents  in  question  be  returned  again  to  the  author. 

The  committee  on  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  the 
publication  reported  the  following,  which  was  adopted : 
That,  notwithstanding  the  fac-t  that  the  board  in  re- 
gard to  the  particulars  in    its    action  against    the  ex- 

*See  Preface  on  j  age  9S. 


240  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1871. 

editor  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger^  as  in  the  represen- 
tation of  the  charge-,  may  have  varied  from  the  usnal 
custom  of  conductinij:  (church  trials,  we  cannot  see,  con- 
sidering the  incomplete  directions  given  in  the  book  of 
discipline  concerning  the  trial  of  officers  of  the  estab- 
lishment, and  as  no  precedent  existed,  how  they  could 
have  acted  otherwise  in  order  to  guard  the  interests  of 
the  establishment. 

A  recommendation,  permitting  a  preacher  to  serve 
three  years  instead  of  two  on  the  same  field  of  labor, 
was  adopted  by  ^'o  votes.  The  Conference  decided  that 
the  yearly  allowance  of  itinerant  prea<^hers  shall  be  left 
to  tlie  various  annnal  conferences  for  tlieir  own  regula- 
tion, to  decide  upon  the  allowance  at  their  annual  ses- 
sions, or,  if  they  see  proper,  to  refer  the  matter  to  the 
several  quarterly  conferences. 

Th3  proceedings  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  of 
1871,  in  regard  to  the  action  of  the  board  of  pub- 
lication in  the  Eoangelical  Messenger  affair,  were 
declared  illagal.  The  subject  of  a  union  between  the 
Evangelical  Association  and  the  Methodist  Epis'jopal 
Church  having  been  presented  anew  by  three  delegates 
from  the  M.  E.  General  Conference,  a  series  of  resolu- 
tions was  adopted  declaring  it  uaadvisable  to  recom- 
mend such  a  union,  however  desirable,  because  it  could 
not  be  ;icco:nplished  with  the  general  consent  of  our 
ministry  and  membership  at  present.  The  subject  of 
changing  the  n-ime  of  the  Evangelical  Association  was 
indefinitely  postponed. 

The  elections  resulted  as  follows:  Bishops,  J.  J. 
Esher  and  K.  Yeakel;  general  l)(>ok  agent,  W.  F. 
Schneider;   editor  of  the    Christliche   Botschafter,   K. 


1S72.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  2-11 


Dubs;  editor  of  the  Evangelical 2fessenger,  J.  Hartzler; 
editor  of  the  Magazin  and  Klnderfreaiid,  W.  Horn ; 
editor  of  the  Living  Epistle  and  the  ,5'.  S.  Messenger,  J. 
Yonng;  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Miss.  Sot-iety, 
W.  Yost;  treisurer  of  the  Miss.  Society,  W.  W.  Or- 
wig;  superintendent  of  the  Ebenezer  Orphan  Institute, 
C.  Hammer;  editoi-  of  the  Evangelisclie  Botscliafter,  J, 
Kaechele;  editor  of  tlie  Evangelische  Kinderfreund,  J. 
Fuessele;  delegate  to  the  board  of  pnblieation  from  the 
East  Pa.  Conference,  T.  Bowman ;  trustees  of  tlie  Char- 
itable Society,  J.  Freehoefer  and  Dr.  O.  L.  Saylor. 

The  followhig  statistics  of  the  general  church  were 
reported:  Itinerant  prea'diers,  655;  local  preachers, 
479;  full  members,  76,191;  churches,  977;  parsonages, 
281 ;  Sunday-schools,  1,165;  officers  and  teachers,  13,- 
080  ;  scholars,  68,648  ;  c  itechetical  classes,  497  ;  cate- 
chumens, 5,186. 

1872. 

The   Thirty-Third  {Q5th)  Afinwd  Session. 

President^  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary,  Thomas  Bowman. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  "W.  K.  Wieand  and  I.  E.  Knerr. 

The  members  of  the  East  Pa.  C  uif  erence  assembled 
in  the  St.  Paul's  Evangelical  church  at  Pine  Grove,  Pa., 
on  Wednesday,  February  28th,  1872.  The  president 
appointed  the  following  committees  :  On  "Worship, — 
The  presiding  elders  and  J.  C.  Hornberger ;  On  Let- 
ters,— J.  P.  Leib,  G.  T.  Haines,  and  C.  Meyers;  On 
Boundaries, — The  president  and  the  presiding  elders  ; 


242  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS.  [1872, 

On  Finance, — S.  G.  Rhoads,  J.  C.  Bliem,  S.  S.  Chubb, 
G.  Knerr,  and  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner ;  On  Statistics, — 
C.  K.  Fehr,  J.  Kurtz,  and  B.  J.  Sinoyer;  On  Educa- 
tion,— -J.  Ivoelil,  F.  Krecker,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  S.  B. 
Brown,  and  J.  K.  Knerr ;  On  Quarterly  Conference 
Proceedings, — J.  P.  Leib,  G.  T.  Haines,  C.  Meyers,  and 
C.  B.  Fliehr;  On  Churcli  Affairs,— L.  Snyder,  C.  B. 
Fliehr,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel. 

H.  R.  Funk,  local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the  Asso- 
ciation. W.  Heim,  D,  Hambright,  and  1.  W.  Yeakel 
were  retained  in  the  itinerancy  without  an  appointment. 
Samuel  Brown,  local  preacher,  died  during  the  past 
year.  The  supernumeraries  were:  J.  Schel!,  C.  Ging- 
rich, D.  Wieand,  E.  Ely,  S.  Ely,  S.  ?.  Reinoehl,  D. 
Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  M.  Sindlinger.  Sisters  Hcsser 
and  Schnerr  received  support.  J.  M.  Saylor  was  re- 
elected, and  G.  T.  Haines,  newly  elected  to  the  office  of 
Presiding  Elder.  The  following  were  ordained  to  the 
office  of  Elder :  J.  L.  Werner,  J.  Savitz,  A.  M.  Stirk, 
and  A.  Kindt;  and  these  to  the  office  of  Deacon:  I. 
W.  Yeakel,  J.  A.  Fegar,  B.  H.  Miller,  D.  S.  Stauffer, 
A.  A.  Delong,  E.  J.  Miller,  and  J.  K.  Fehr.  The 
brethren,  Daniel  A.  Medlar,  Calvin  Bliem,  James  M. 
Oplinger,  Joshua  Wilson,  H.  Rudolph  Yost,  Christian 
Pfeifle,  Titus  A.  Hess,  Christian  S.  Brown,  Jacob  S. 
Newhart,  and  William  Nicholas  received  license  as 
preachers  on  trial.  J.  A.  Fegar,  J.  F.  Wohlfarth,  T. 
A.  Hess,  J.  M.  Oplinger,  and  O.  L.  Saylor  were  re- 
ceived into  the  itinerancy. 

The  support  of  the  preachers  was  referred  to  the 
stewards  and  c[uarterly  conferences  of  the  various 
charges,  with  the  condition  that  the  salary  of  a  travel- 


1872.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      243 


ing  preacher  during  his  first  and  second  years  shall  not 
be  less  than  $250.00  a  year,  and  thereafter  not  less 
than  $500.00  a  year.*  The  following  was  adopted: 
Whereas,  A  request  has  been  presented  for  permission 
to  conduct  a  "holiness"  campmeeting;  and  Whereas, 
In  our  judgment  the  Discipline  distinctly  indicates 
nnder  whose  authority  campmeetings  are  to  be  held ; 
therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  we  respectfully  refer  the 
request  back  to  the  petitioners. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Southwark  Mission  was  formed  of  Bridesburg  and 
Philadelphia  5th  St.  Station.  Norristown  was  changed 
into  a  mission.  Hellertown  Mission  was  discontinued. 
Nazareth  was  transferred  from  Bath  Circuit  to  North- 
ampton, and  Bath  was  made  a  mission.  Port  Jervis 
Mission  was  formed  of  Poi't  Jervis,  Sparrow  Bnsh,  and 
Shoholo  Valley.  Wesnersville,  Kistler's  Valley,  and 
Bolich's  class  were  taken  from  Kutztown  Circuit  and 
annexed  to  Hamburg  Mission.  Pingtown  and  Feth- 
erolf's  class  were  taken  from  Ashland  Circuit  and 
called  Pingtown  Station.  Mt.  Carmel  was  taken  up  as 
a  mission.  Ashland  Mission  was  formed  of  Ashland, 
Gordon,  and  Mahanoy  Plane.  Newmanstown  Mission 
was  annexed  to  Myerstown  Circuit.  Shamokin  Mission 
was  changed  to  a  station.  Hepler's  class,  Union  Church, 
and  Dunkelherger's  class  were  organized  into  Mahan- 
tongo  Circuit,  the  remainder  of  the  old  Mahantongo 
Circuit  to  be  called  Uniontown  Circuit.  Pine  Swamp 
and  Bethel  were  taken  from  Chester  Circuit    and  to- 


*This  was  amenclel  the  following  year  so  as  to  fix  the  minimum  salary  for  the 
third  and  fourth  years  at  S3T5.00. 


24-1:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1872. 


gether  with  Birdsboro  called  Birdsboro  Mission.  Al- 
lentown  Mission  was  changed  to  a  station.  Ivutztown 
Circmt  was  called  Fleetwood. 


CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 


The  chnrch  affairs  at  Halifax  were  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee. The  preacher  in  charge  of  Richmond  was  in- 
structed to  secure  articles  of  incorporation  for  the  con- 
gregation there  and  to  secure  the  deed  by  legal  process 
if  necessary.  The  Englisli  congregation  at  Lancaster 
and  the  congregation  at  Berlinsville  received  permis- 
sion to  sell  their  churches  and  to  erect  new  ones.  The 
quarterly  conference  of  Pleasant  Valley  Circuit  was 
authorized  to  sell  the  church  property  called  G rover's 
Chnrch  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  for  the  erectir^n  of 
a  ncNV  church  at  Flint  Hill.  In  answer  to  a  petition 
from  the  congregation,  the  preacher  in  charge  at 
Schuylkill  Haven  was  advised  to  conduct  the  Sunday 
forenoon  services  in  the  German  language  and  the  even- 
ing services  in  the  English  language,  the  remaining  ser- 
vices to  be  conducted  according  to  his  best  judgment. 


EDUCATION. 


The  committee  on  education  reported  that  the  Sunday- 
schools  throughout  the  entire  conference  district  were  in 
a  flourisliing  condition,  as  a  result  of  the  annnal  Sunday- 
school  conventions.  It  was  also  the  opinion  of  the  com- 
mittee that  the  Sunday-schools,  as  conducted  in  many 
congregations,  had  taken  the  place  and  partially,  if  not 
fully,  superseded  the  necessity  of  catechetical  instruc- 
tions. The  erection  of  a  college  with  a  biblical  institute 
was  declared  to  be   both   necessary  and  timely,  but  be- 


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cause  such  an  undertaking  is  connected  with  great  ex- 
pense and  requires  the  establishment  of  a  fund,  it  was 
resolved  that  Thomas  Bowman  be  authoi'ized  to  confer 
with  our  well  to  do  members  during  the  year  and  to  as- 
certain how  much  they  are  willing  to  contribute  to  such 
an  object.  The  following  examiners  were  appointed : 
For  the  fourth  year  class,  S.  G.  Khoads,  T.  Bowman, 
and  C.  S.  Haman;  for  the  third  year  class,  C,  Myers, 
R.  Mott,  and  C.  K.  Fehr;  for  the  second  year  class,  S. 
B.  Brown,  I.  E.  Knerr,  and  J.  C.  Ilornl^erger ;  for  the 
first  year  class,  W.  K.  Wieand,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  and  H. 
A.  J^eitz.  The  examiners  were  instructed  to  present  a 
written  report  at  each  annual  session. 

FINANCE. 

Iieceijyts  : 

Balance  from  List  year ^278.00 

From  conference  collections 668.66 

"      the  hook  establishment 250.00 

"      the  Charitable  Society 161.00 

§1,357.66 

Expenditures : 
Paid  to  conference  claimants 851.27 


Balance  on  hand. %    503.39 

MISSIONARY  APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  Eng.  Miss....  $525 

Norristown  Miss 125 

Camden  Miss. 250 

Phoenixville    and 

Pottstown  'Miss 200 

Birdsboro  Miss 300 


Union  Hill  and  Green- 
ville Miss $250 

Newark  Miss 250 

New  York  53d  Str. 
Miss 125 

Easton  Eng.  Miss. .  .   1:25 


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EVANGELICAL    LAJNDMARKS. 


[1872. 


Bath  Miss 8175 

M  a  u  c  h    C hunk    and 
Wilkeslmrre  Miss..   400 

Hamburg  Miss 350 

Ashland  Miss 300 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 100 

Hazleton  Miss 200 

Tremont  Miss 100 

Reading  Miss 350 


Lancaster  Miss $500 

Harrisburg  Miss. .  .  .   400 
Williams     A'^alley 
Miss 250 

Newmanstown  Miss. .   125 
Southwark  Miss 200 

Total $6,200 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  S.  Hainan, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  4th  St.  Sta.— J.  Steltzer. 
Phila'lelpliia  Gth  St.  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 
Germantowu  Sta.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
Montgomery  Cir.  —A.  Kindt  and  J.  M. 

Oplinger. 
IMilford  Cir.— R.    Deisher   and  T.    A. 

Hess. 
Trappe  Cir.— Fred.  Kreclver. 
Philadelphia   Southwark   Miss.— Isaac 

He.«s. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Camden  Miss.— D.  Yingst. 
Norristown  Miss.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Phoenixville  ami  Pottstowu  Miss.— J. 

P.  Leib. 
Birdsboro  Miss.— I.  E.  Zimmerman. 

Reading  DiSTKicT—(?.  T.  Haines,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 
Reading  Eng.  Sta.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Lancaster  Sta. — Jacob  Adams. 
Fairville  Sta.— J.  Specht. 
Fleetwood  Cir. — M.  Dissinger. 
Adamstown  Cir.— J.  Loras. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Brownstown  Cir.— A.  Schultz. 
Lancaster  Cir.— W.  H.  Weidner  and  U. 

H.  Hershey. 
Chester  Cir.— B.  D.  Albright. 
Reading  Miss.— John  Koehl. 
Lancaster  Miss.— F.  P.  Lehr. 


Harrisbukg  District— J.  M.  Saylor, 

P.  E. 
Lelianon  Sta.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Millershurg  Sta.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Shamokin  Sta.— R.  Mott. 
Myerstown    Cir.    and    Newmanstown 

Miss.— J.  K.  Seyfrit,  with  one  to  be 

supplied. 
Annville  Cir.— B.  J.  Smoyer  and  J.  K. 

Fehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.— J.  A.  Fegar. 
Berrysburg  Cir. — J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— D.  Lentz. 
Uniontown  Cir. — J.  L.  Werner  and  J. 

F.  Woblfarth. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— C.  K.  Fehr. 
Williams  Valley  and  Halifax    Miss.— 

R.  Dreibelbis  and  W.  A.  Shoemaker. 

Allentown  District— 5f.  Xeilz,  P.  E. 

Allentown  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 

East  Allentown  Sta.— R.  M.   Lichten- 

walner. 
Allentown  Eng.  Sta.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— Geo.  Knerr. 
Weissport  Sta.— A.  F.  Leopold. 
Lehigh  Cir.— F.  Sechrist  and  C.  Bliem. 
Berlinsville  Cir.- E.  Butz. 
Parryville  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Mauch  Chunk  and  Wilkesbarre  Miss.— 

B.  F.  Bohner  and  D.  A.  Medlar. 

POTTSviLLE  District— r/tos.  Bowman, 
P.  E. 


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247 


Pottsville  Sta.— n.  A.  Neitz. 
Schuylkill  Haveu  Sta.— Lewis  Snyder. 
Piue  Grove  Sta.— A.  M.  Stirt. 
Tauia(iua  Sta.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Malianoy  City  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Pdngtown  Sta.— Tiios.  Harper. 
Cressona  Cir.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— D.  S.  Siauffer. 
SctiuylkiU  Cir.— H.  Kempfer. 
Orwigshurg  Cir.— A.  A.  Delong. 
Tremont  Miss.— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Ashland  Miss.— 
HamVjurg  Miss.- B.  H.  Miller. 
Hazleton  Miss.- D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Mt.  Carmel  Miss.— (To  be  supplied.) 

Easton  District— Jflsse  Yeakel,  P.  E. 
Easton  Sta.— G.  Scharf. 


Bethlehem  Sta.— C.  Myers. 
Freernansburg  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
New  York  Sta.— J.  Kurtz. 
Northampton  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher  and  H. 

R.  Yost. 
Monroe  Cir.— E.  J.   Miller  and    J.  S. 

Newhart. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— J.  Zern.    (One  to 

be  supplied). 
Newark  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Union  Hill  and   Greenville  .Miss.— N. 

Goebel. 
New  York  53d  St.  :Mi9S.— M.  Gutil. 
Easton  Eng.  Miss.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Bath  Miss.— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Port  Jervis  Miss.— (To  be  supplied.) 


1873. 

The  TJdiiy-Fourth  (fiG^'A)  Annaal  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Eslier. 

Secretary^  Thomas  Bowman. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  C.  K.  Fehr,  A.  M.  Stirk,  anci 
H.  A.  Neitz. 

On  Wednesday,  February  26th,  1873,  the  members  of 
the  Conference  assembled  at  Tamaqua,  Pa.,  in  their 
thirty-fourth  annual  session.  Inasmuch  as  Bishop 
Esher  was  prevented  I»y  a  railroad  accident  from  being 
present,  S.  Neitz,  at  the  request  of  the  secretary,  opened 
the  session,  after  which  he  was  elected  president.  He 
appointed  T.  Bowman  secretary.  The  following  are 
the  standing  committees :  On  Worship, — T.  Bowman 
and  Seneca  Breyfogel;  On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop 
and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Letters, — J.  P.  Leib,  C. 
B.  Fliehr,  and  J.  Specht ;  On  Finance,— J.  C.  Bliem, 


248  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAEKS.  [1873. 

W.  K.  Wieand,  and  I.  E.  Knerr;  On  Statistics, — S.  S. 
Chubb,  R.  Mott,  and  U.  H.  Hershey ;  On  Education, — 
S.  G.  Rlioads,  J.  Koehl,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  J.  K.  Knerr, 
and  J.  N.  Metzgar ;  On  Quarterly  Conference  Records, — 
L.  Snyder,  A.  Schultz,  and  J.  Steltzer;  On  Church  Af- 
fairs,— J.  O.  Lehr,  J.  Kurtz,  and  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner; 
On  Memorials, — F.  Krecker,  S.  B.  Brown,  and  D. 
Wieand;  On  Temperance, — -J.  C.  Hornberger,  C.  H. 
Baker,  and  B.  J.  Smoyer. 

Bishop  Esher  appeared  in  the  Conference  and  took 
the  chair.  R.  Mott  received  an  honorable  dismis- 
sal from  the  Conference.  John  Dick,  local  preacher, 
withdrew  from  the  Association.  A.  H.  Oveiholt 
located  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities,  C.  Mey- 
ers, itinerant,  and  C.  Wolf,  local  preacher,  died  during 
the  year.  The  supernumeraries  were:  D.  Wieand,  M- 
Sindlinger,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  S.  Ely,  J.  Shell,  C.  Ging- 
rich, E.  Ely,  D.  Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  and  I.  E.  Zimmer- 
man. The  conference  claimants  were:  L).  Wieand,  M. 
Sindlinger,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  J.  Shell,  11.  Stoetzel,  and 
C.  Gingrich.  Father  John  P.  Leib,  on  account  of  the 
many  years  of  service  which  he  had  rendered,  was  re- 
tained in  the  itinerancy  without  an  appointment  and 
with  a  support  equal  to  that  of  the  other  beneficiaries. 
W.  A.  Shoemakei-,  S.  L.  Wiest,  and  R.  Dreibelbis  were 
ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder,  and  J.  F.  Wohlfarth,  U. 
H.  Hershey,  J.  M.  Oplinger,  Wm.  Loos,  and  G.  H. 
Landis,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  received 
license  as  preachers  on  trial :  William  Miller,  Aldus 
W.  Warfel,  Joseph  Moyer,  Joseph  M.  Rinker,  Emanuel 
Glaeser,  Daniel  Schnebel,  J.  F.  Weidner,  Joseph  Work- 
man, John  J.  High,  Frank  B.  Copp,  Samuel  Butter- 


1873.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  249 

week,  William  B.  Eomig,  William  L.  Black,  Lewis  E. 
Leslie,  Geoi-ge  H.  Laury,  James  Bowman,  W'^Uam 
Webber,  Sylvaniis  C.  Breyfogel,  and  E.  Wilson. 

The  Conference  expressed  profound  sympathy  with 
Bishop  K.  Yeakel  because  of  the  heavy  hand  of  afflic- 
tion upon  him  and  his  family,  bj  which  he  was  pre- 
vented from  attending  this  session  and  presiding 
over  its  deliberations.  W.  F.  Schneider,  General  Book 
Agent,  addressed  the  Conference.  It  was  resolved  that 
hereafter  certificates  given  by  the  East  Pa.  Conference 
to  preachers,  or  by  preachers  to  members,  shall  in  no 
case  be  valid  longer  than  three  months,  except  where  it 
was  impossible  for  the  holders  to  deposit  them  sooner. 
The  Conference  expressed  its  joy  over  the  large  in- 
crease in  the  circulation  of  our  church  periodicals  and 
gave  words  of  good  cheer  to  the  editors.  C.  Hammer 
delivered  an  address  in  the  interests  of  the  Orphans' 
Home. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Hichmond  class  was  transferred  from  Southwark 
Mission  to  the  Fourth  Street  Philadelphia  Station. 
Fleetwood  and  Lyons  were  made  a  station  and  the  name 
of  Fleetwood  Circuit  changed  to  Kutztown.  Shoemak- 
ersville  was  taken  from  Kutztown  Circuit  and  annexed 
to  Hamburg  Mission.  The  name  of  Chester  Circuit 
was  changed  to  Conestoga.  Sterling  was  attached  to 
Wayne  Circuit.  Port  Jervis  Mission  was  discontinued 
and  joined  to  Wayne  Circuit.  East  Allentown  Mission 
was  changed  to  a  station.  Howertown  was  taken  from 
Lehigh  Circnit  and  annexed  to  Bath  Mission.  New- 
manstown  Mission  was  joined  to  Myerstown  Circuit  and 

17 


250  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1873. 

Brickersville  appointment  was  annexed  to  Brownstown 
Circuit.  "Williatns  Valley  Mission  was  changed  to  a  cir- 
cuit. Barnesville  Circuit  was  formed  of  Barnesville, 
Locust  Yalley,  and  Quakake  Junction,  whicli  were 
taken  from  Schuylkill  Circuit.  Orwigsburg  and  Schuyl- 
kill circuits  were  united,  and  Wesnersville,  Bolich's 
class,  and  Kistler's  Valley  were  transferred  from  Ham- 
burg Mission  to  Schuylkill  Circuit.  A  new  mission  was 
located  in  Shenandoah  City,  to  be  served  by  the  mis- 
sionary at  Mahanoy  City.  Coaldale  was  taken  from 
Tamaqua  and  annexed  to  Barnesville  Circuit.  Point 
Philips  was  taken  from  Bath  Mission  and  annexed  to 
Northampton  Circuit.  Missions  were  located  at  the 
following  places:  Greenville,  Emaus,  Scranton,  Leba- 
non (English),  and  Mauch  Chunk. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  Conference  decided  that  the  religious  services  in 
the  East  AUentown  congregation  shall  be  held  al- 
ternately in  the  German  and  English  languages.  This 
congregation  also  received  permission  to  borrow  money. 
The  Bernville  congregation  received  permission  to  bor- 
row $1,000  on  their  church  property,  and  the  Leesport 
congregation,  $600.  The  trustees  of  Greenville  Mission 
were  authorized  to  sell  their  church  if  they  see  proper. 
The  Conference  approved  of  the  sale  of  the  church  at 
Conestoga  Centre. 

EDUCATION. 

T.  Bowman  was  re-appointed  to  cultivate  a  school 
sentiment  among  our  wealtliier  members.  S.  G.  Bhoads, 
T.  Bowman,  and  C.  S.  Haman  were  appointed  to  ex- 
amine junior  preachers  for  four  years;  C.  K.  Fehr,  J. 


1873.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  251 

C.  Bliem,  and  W.  H,  Weidner,  for  three  years;  I.  E. 
Knerr,  J.  C.  Hornberoi;er,  and  S.  B.  Brown,  for  two 
years;  and  H.  A.  Neitz,  W.  K.  Wieand,  and  ~R.  M. 
Lichtenwalner,  for  one  year. 

MEMORIALS. 

Of  the  late  brother  C.  Movers  the  Conference  save 
expression  as  follows:  He  was  a  man  of  sound  abili- 
ties and  of  deep  spirituality,  true  to  his  high  calling, 
one  who  feared  God,  a  workman  that  needed  not  to  be 
ashamed.  Through  the  Word  which  he  preached  and 
by  means  of  his  Christian  character  he  led  many  pre- 
cious souls  to  the  Head  of  the  Church. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The  Conference  Resolved^  1st,  That  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  legal  voter  among  our  members  to  vote  against 
the  granting  of  license  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors.  2d,  That  in  the  name  of  the  membership  which 
we  represent  we  earnestly  protest  against  the  repeal  of 
the  present  Local  Option  Law. 

FINANCE. 

Balance  on  hand  from  1872 $515.39 

Received  from  the  book  establishment.  250.00 
"  ''        "    Cbaritable  Society.  363.75 

'*  "     conference  collections..    792.20 

"  "     a  collection  from  Bishop 

Yeakel 18.64 

$1,939.98 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 1,939.98 


252 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1873. 


MISSIONARY    APPROrEIATIONS. 


Phila.  5th  Str.  Miss. $200 

Phila.  Eng.  Miss 425 

Camden  Miss 225 

Norristown  Miss 200 

Phoenixville    and 

Pottstown  Miss .  .  .    325 

Pirdsboro  Miss 200 

Eeading  9th  Str.  Miss.  300 
Lancaster  Eng.  Miss.  400 
Lebanon  Eng.  Miss.  .    325 

Harrisbnrg  Miss 400 

Halifax  Miss 300 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Eng.  Miss 300 

Tremont  Miss 150 

Hambnrg  Miss 350 

Ashland  Miss 200 


Mt.  Carmel  Miss $300 

Hazleton  Miss 200 

East  Allentown  Miss.  275 

Emans  Miss 200 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss..  100 
W  i  1  k  e  s  b  a  r  r  e    and 

Scranton  Miss 400 

Easton  Eng.  Miss 375 

Bath  Miss 300 

Newark  Miss 250 

New    York    53d   Str. 

Miss 400 

Union  Hill  Miss 250 

Greenville  Miss 100 


Total $7,450 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  Distkict— CA  Hainan, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  4th  St.  Sta. — Jos.  Steltzer. 
"  6th  St.  Sta.— Isaac  Hess. 

"  8th  St.  Miss.— S.  S.  Chuhb. 

"  5th  St.  Miss.— F.  Hoffman. 

Camden  Miss.— R.  Deisher. 
Germantown  Sta.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
Norristown  Miss.— S.  G.  Rhoads. 
Montgomery  Cir.— J.  M.  Oplinger  and 

J.  J.  High. 
Trappe  Cir.— A.  Kindt. 
Milford  Cir.— G.  Scharf. 
Phoenixville  and  Pottstown  Miss.— E. 

Ely. 
Birdsboro  Miss.— U.  H.  Hershey. 

Reading  District.— ff.  T.  Haines,  P.  E. 


Reading  Sth  St.  Sta.— C.  H.  Baker. 

"       Chestnut  St.  Sta.— J.  G.  Sands. 

"       9th  St.  Miss.- E.  Butz. 
Fleetwood  Sta.— M.  Dissiuger. 
Kutztown  Cir.— J.  Specht. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— J.  Koehl. 
Adamstowu  Cir.— J.  Adams. 
Brownstown  Cir.— R.  Dreibelbis. 
Conestoga  Cir.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Fairville  Sta.— A.  A.  Delong. 
Lancaster  Sta. — A.  Schultz. 
Lancaster  Miss.— B.  D.  Albright. 
Lancaster  Cir.— J.    Loras   and    W.    L. 
Black. 

Harrisburg  District.—^.  M.  Saylor, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— C.  K.  Fehr. 


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253 


Lebanon  Miss.— (To  be  supplied). 

Myerstown  Cir.— W.  H.  Weidner. 

Annville  Cir.— D.  Lentz  and  J.  F.Wohl- 
fartli. 

Harrisburg  Miss.— F.  P.  Lehr. 

Dauphin  Cir.— J.  A.  Feger. 

Halifax  Miss. — C.  Gingricli. 

Millersburg  Sta.— H.  A.  Neitz. 

Williams  Valley  Sta.— W.  A.  Shoe- 
maker. 

Berrysburg  Cir. — J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Uuiontown  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner  and  G. 
H.  Landis. 

Mahantongo  Cir.— B.  H.  Miller. 

Shamofcin  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 

POTTsviLLE   District.  —  Thos.    Boio- 

man,  P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— T.  E.  Knerr. 
Schuylkill  iUvea  Sta. — T.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Miss. — Jas.  Bowman. 
Cressoua  Cir.— F.  Krecker. 
Tremont  Miss. — O.  L.  Suyloi*. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— A.  M.  St  irk. 
Hamlnirg  Miss. — J.  Shell. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— H.  Kempfer  and  J.  S. 

Newhart. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Barnssville  Cir.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Mahanoy  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Shenandoah  Miss. — H.  R.  Yost. 
Ringtowu  Sta.— T.  Harper. 
Ashland  Miss. — I.  W.  Yeakel. 
Mt.  Carmel  Miss. — L.  N.  Worman. 
Hazleton  Miss.- D.  Z.  Kembel. 


Allentown  District- S.  yeitz,  P.  E. 
Allentown  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 
Allentown  Eug.  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
East  Allentown  Miss.— R.  M.  Lichten- 

walner. 
Emaus  Miss.- S.  Ely. 
Lehigh  Cir— F.  Sechrist. 
Catasauqua  Sta. — Geo.  Knerr. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Parryville  Cir. — A.  Ziegenfus. 
Wei8.sport  Sta.— A.  F.  Leopold. 
Mauch  Chunk  Sta.— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Wiikesbarre  and  Scrantoii  Miss.— J.  K. 

Fehr  and  D.  A.  Medlar. 

Easton  District- X  Yealcel,  P.  E. 
Fasten  Sta.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Easton  Miss.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Freemansburg  Sta.— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— J.  Zern  and  Geo. 

H.  Lanry. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— S.  B  Brown. 
Bath  Miss.— L.  Snyder. 
Northampton  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher  and  J. 

M.  Rinker. 
Monroe  Cir.— E.  J.  Miller  and   T.  A. 

Hess. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 
Newark  Miss.- N.  Goebel. 
New  York  24th  St.  Sta.— J.  Kurtz. 
New  York  5:?d  St.  Miss.— M.  Guhl. 
Union  Hill  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Greenville  Miss. -E.  Glaeser. 
J.  P.  Leib  to  travel  at  pleasure  within 

the  bounds  of  the  Conference. 


1874. 

Th'3  Tliiriy-Flfth  yjoTtli)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  R.  Yeakel. 
Secretary,  Thomas  Bowman. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  M.  Guhl,  B. 
J.  Smoyer,  J.  K.  Knerr,  and  H.  A.  Neitz. 

The  members  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  met  in  the 


254  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1874. 


Salem  Evangelical  church  of  Allentown,  Pn.,  on  Wed- 
nesday, February  25th,  1874,  J.  C.  Hornberger  was 
appointed  to  record  the  minutes  in  the  English  lan- 
guage. The  presiding  Bishop  appointed  the  following 
committees:  On  Worship, — C.  B.  Fliehr,  J.  O.  Lehr, 
and  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner;  On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop 
and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Letters, — The  presiding 
elders;  On  Finance, — J.  Steltzer,  J,  Koehl,  and  C.  H. 
Baker;  On  Statistics, — G.  Scharf,  H.  A,  Neitz,  and  W. 
K.  Wicand;  On  Education,— S.  S.  Chubb,  C.  K.  Fehr, 
I.  E.  Knerr,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel;  On 
Quarterly  Conference  Proceedings, — S.  G.  Rhoads,  J. 
C,  Hornberger,  J.  C.  Bliem,  A.  Scliultz,  and  D.  Z. 
Kembel;  On  Church  Affairs, — E.  Deisher,  J.  K.  Sey- 
frit,  and  A.  M.  Stirk  ;  On  Memorials, — S.  G.  Ehoads, 
J.  K.  Knerr,  and  M.  Guhl ;  On  Temperance, — L. 
Snyder,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  and  J.  C.  Hornberger. 

I.  E.  Zimmerman  was  placed  in  a  local  relation.  J. 
L.  Lutman,  a  local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the  church. 
Ephraim  Ely,  itinerant,  and  David  Thomas,  David 
Light,  and  Edward  Snyder,  local  preachers,  died  during 
the  year.  G.  T.  Haines  resigned  his  presiding  elder- 
ship. C.  S.  Haman  was  re-elected,  and  S.  G.  Rhoads 
and  C.  K.  Fehr  were  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Pre- 
siding Elder.  The  following  named  brethren  were 
elected  and  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder:  B.  H. 
Miller,  D.  S.  Stauffer,  A.  A.  Delong,  I.  W.  Yeakel,  J. 
K.  Fehr,  E.  J.  Miller,  O.  L.  Saylor,  and  J.  A.  Feger; 
and  these  to  the  office  of  Deacon, — J.  S.  Newhail,  Jas. 
Bowman,  D.  A.  Medlar,  H.  R.  Yost,  A.  Markley,  and 
E.  Glaeser.  The  following  were  licensed  as  preachers 
on  trial:     Joshua  Hollenbach,   Isaac  J.  Reitz,  Henry 


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D.  Shultz,  and  Aiignstus  Dilabar.     The    brethren,  L. 

E.  Leslie,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  G.  H.  Laurj,  J.  M.  Rmker, 
A.  W.  Warfel,  H.  D.  Shultz,  A.  Dilabar,  A.  Markley, 
and  J.  J.  Hi»h,  were  received  into  the  itinerancy.  John 
Doolej,  local  deacon  of  the  Ohio  Conference,  was 
received  into  this  Conference  in  the  same  relation.  Geo. 
D.  Sweigert,  local  preacher  on  trial  in  the  M.  E. 
church,  was  received  into  our  church  in  the  same  rela- 
tion. The  supernumeraries  wei'e  'N.  Goebel,  D.  Wie- 
and,  M.  Sindlinger,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  D.  Berger,  H. 
Stoetzel,  J,  Shell  and  Jos.  Gross.  The  conference 
claimants  were  D.  Wieand,  M.  Sindlinger,  S.  P.  Rein- 
oelil,  H.  Stoetzel,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  the  widows  Schnerr, 
Hesser,  and  Myers. 

It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  local  preachers,  who 
make  application  for  ordination,  shall  be  required  to  pass 
the  examinations  of  junior  preachers  two  years  previous. 
The  Conference  decided  that  no  congregation  hr.s  the 
right  to  appropriate  missionary  money  for  any  other 
purpose  than  that  for  which  it  was  collected.  All  the 
congregations  were  requested  to  make  the  necessary 
preparations  to  pay  their  preachers  monthly. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Camden  and  Southwark  missions  were  discontinued 
and  the  two  congregations  united  into  one  charge. 
Boyertown  and  Berlin  were  taken  from  Milford 
Circuit  and  annexed  to  Pottstown  Mission.  Orvvigs- 
burg  was  taken  from  Schuylkill  Circuit  and  made  a 
station.  Bolieh's  class,  Wesnersville,  and  Kistler's  class 
were  taken  from  Scliuylkill  Circuit  and  with  Lynnville 
and  the  surrounding  country   constituted  Wesnersville 


256  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1874:. 

Mission.  Port  Clinton  was  taken  from  Schuylkill 
Circuit  and  annexed  to  Hamburg  Mission.  Roaring 
Creek  Valley  and  Brandonville  were  annexed  to  Ring- 
town  Station,  and  called  Ringtown  Circuit.  Tremont 
and  Maucli  Chunk  missions  were  changed  into  circuits. 
Slatington  and  Slatedale  were  taken  from  Berlinsville 
Circuit  and  constituted  a  station.  Northampton  Cir- 
cuit was  divided  as  follows:  Nazai-eth,  Plainfield, 
Windgap,  and  Bushkill  were  formed  into  Nazai-eth  Cir- 
cuit ;  Ackermantown,  Miller's,  Roxbnrg,  and  Mc- 
Cracken,  into  Mt.  Bethel  Circuit.  Monroe  Circuit  was 
divided  as  follows :  Altimose's,  Snydersville,  St. 
John's,  Mechanicsville,  Middlecreek,  and  Pine  Swamp 
were  continued  as  Monroe  Circuit;  Paradise,  Ster- 
ling, Puddjtown,  and  Middle  Valley  were  formed  into 
Sterling  Circuit.  Crum's  class  was  taken  from  Dauphin 
Circuit  and  annexed  to  the  Harrishurg  German  Mission. 
Ashland  and  Hazleton  missions  were  changed  into  sta- 
tions. Annville  was  taken  from  Annville  Circuit  and 
made  a  mission,  and  the  remainder  of  the  circuit  called 
Mt.  Nebo  Circuit.  New  missions  were  established  at 
the  following  places:  Reading  (southeastern  part), 
Harrisburg  (English),  Frackville  and  Mahanoy  Plane, 
Scranton,  Lehighton,  Allentown  (northern  part),  Ban- 
gor, and  Mauch  Chunk  (English). 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  congregations  at  Puttsville,  Eighth  St.  Read- 
ing, Bethlehem,  and  Bangor  were  authorized  to  sell 
their  old  church  properties  upon  the  condition  that  the 
deeds  of  the  new  churches  be  made  in  accordance  with 
the  directions  of  our  Church  Discipline.     Tlie  affairs  of 


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the  church  at  Halifax,  Pa.,  were  referred  to  a  commit- 
tee. The  legal  officiv\l  members  of  our  church  at 
Mechanicsville,  Monroe  Co.,  Pa.,  were  advised  to  insti- 
tute legal  proceedings  against  the  persons  who  nnlaw- 
fnlly  hold  the  deed  of  that  church.  It  was  decided  that 
the  persons  making  claims  against  the  church  at  Hat- 
held  shall  institute  legal  proceedings  to  recover  the 
same,  whenever  they  see  proper.  The  Central  Pa. 
Conference  was  kindly  requested  to  grant  permission  to 
our  missionar}^  on  the  Harrisbnrg  English  Mission  to 
collect  money  within  the  bounds  of  that  conference. 
The  trustees  of  the  various  churches  wliich  are  not 
properly  deeded,  w^ere  requested  to  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  liave  the  deeds  made  according  to  the  direc- 
tions of  our  Church  Discipline.  It  was  resolved  that 
the  Sabbath  services  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  be  held  in 
German  in  the  forenoon  and  in  English  in  the  evening. 
Permission  to  collect  throughout  the  Conference  was 
griinted  to  the  following  congregations :  Scranton  Mis- 
sion, New  York  53d  St.  Mission,  Bernville,  and  Harris- 
buro;  English  Mission. 

EDUCATION. 

The  Conference  appointed  a  committee  of  seven  to 
take  active  steps  this  year  in  the  location  of  an  institu- 
tion of  learning,  and  aa  agent  to  secure  funds  toward 
the  erection  and  endowment  of  such  an  institution. 
Thomas  Bowman  w^as  elected  agent,  and  T.  Bowman,  J. 
Yeakel,  C.  S.  Haman,  C.  K.  Fehr,  Moses  Schadt,  F.  G. 
Boas,  and  D.  R.  Miller  were  appointed  as  the  com- 
mittee. All  the  preachers  w^ere  instructed  to  preach  at 
least  once  daring  the  year  at  every  appointment  on  the 
importance  of  education,  and  to  take  up  a  collection  for 


258  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1874. 

the   education  of  indigent  young  men  studying  for  the 
ministry. 

In  case  junior  preachers  absent  tliemselves  from  the 
annual  examination  without  a  satisfactory  excuse,  or  are 
not  able  to  pass  the  prescribed  studies,  their  ordination 
sliall  be  deferred  according  to  the  judgment  of  the  Con- 
ference. B.  J.  Smoyer,  A.  M.  Stirk,  and  J.  K.  Knerr 
were  appointed  examiners. 

MEMORIALS. 

Suitable  memorials  were  erected  to  the  following 
brethren:  Ephraim  Ely,  an  itinerant,  a  diligent  and 
faithful  laborer  in  the  church,  departed  this  life,  giving 
a  clear  testimony  of  the  hope  of  eternal  life.  He  was 
beloved  wherever  be  labored,  and  was  instrumental  in 
leading  many  to  the  Shepherd  of  souls.  His  preaching 
was  spiritual  and  full  of  unction.  David  Thomas,  once 
in  active  service,  but  for  fifty  years  a  blameless  and 
useful  local  preacher,  finished  his  course  in  a  triumph- 
ant death.  The  departed  brethren,  David  Light  and 
Edward  Snyder,  were  both  active  laborers  for  God.  We 
appreciate  their  services  and  believe  that  they  reap  with 
joy  what  they  sowed  with  tears. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The  following  was  resolved  :  1st,  That  we  would  con- 
sider the  repeal  of  the  Local  Option  Law  as  highly  un- 
just, inasmuch  as  the  practical  operation  of  the  law  has 
not  been  sufficiently  teste.l.  2d,  That  we  see  the  hand 
of  God  in  the  so-called  Worn  in\s  Crusade  against  in- 
temperanc!^  and  that  we  heartily  wish  them  God-speed, 
and  would  call  upon  the  women  in  the  entire  land  to 
arise  and  to  call  into  action  all  the  power  and  influence 


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with  which  God  has  endowed  them,  to  drive  the  demon 
of  intemperance  from  the  hind. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts  : 

From  conference  collections $  799.55 

From  the  Charitable  Society 280.00 

From  the  publishing  house 250.00 


Expenditui'es  : 
Paid  to  conference  claimants. 


$1,329.55 


1,315.33 


Balance  on  hand %      14.22 

MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Philadelphia    8th   St. 

Miss $400 

Norristown  Miss 100 

Pottstown  Miss 250 

Eeading  Miss 250 

Lancaster  Miss 400 

Lebanon  Miss 450 

AnnvilleMiss 250 

Halifax  Miss 125 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Miss 300 

Hamburg  Miss 250 

Wesnersville  Miss .  .  .    375 
Shenandoah  Miss. .  .  .    300 

Frackville  Miss 300 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 350 

East  Allentown  Miss.  275 
Emaus  Miss 150 


North    Allentown 

Miss $400 

Lehighton  Miss 

Wilkesbarre  Miss....   200 

Scranton   Miss 400 

Easton  Miss 350 

Bath  Miss 300 

Bangor  Miss 250 

Newark  Miss 250 

New  York  Miss 350 

Union  Hill  Miss 250 

Greenville  Miss 250 

Harrisburg  Miss 250 

HarrishurgEng.  Miss.  500 
East  Beading  Miss. .  .  25 
Birdsboro  Miss 200 


$8,500 


260 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1874. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia     Distkict.  —  S.      G. 

Mfioads,  P.  E. 
Philadelphia  4th  St.  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 
"  6th  St.  Sta.— I.  Hess. 

"  Sth  St.  Miss.— S.  S.  Chubb. 

Southwark  Sta.— J.  Steltzer. 
Germantown  Sta.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
Norristowa   Miss.  —  R.    M.     Lichten- 

walner. 
Montgomery   Cir.— W.  A.   Shoemaker 

anil  J.  J.  High. 
Trappe  Miss.— J.  A.  Feger. 
PottstowQ  Miss. — J.  M.  Oplinger. 
Milford  Cir.— G.  Scharf. 
Birdsboro  Miss.- U.  H.  Hershey. 
Bridesburg  Miss.— 

Reading  District— C. ,?.  Hainan,  P.  E. 
Reading,  Sth  St.,  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 

"       Chestnut  St.  Sta.— George  B. 
Fisher. 
Reading,  Nmth  St.  Miss.— E.  Butz. 
East  Reading  Miss. — 
Fleetwood  Sta.  -J.  Zern. 
Kutztown  Cir  — F.  Sechrist, 
Woraelsdorf  Cir.— J.  Koehl. 
Adamstown  Cir.— J.  Adams. 
Brownstown  Cir. — R.  Dreibelbis. 
Conestoga  Cir.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Fairville  Sta.— A.  A.  Delong. 
Lancaster  Sta. — A.  Schultz. 

"         Jliss.    B.  D.  Albright. 

"        Cir.  -  J.  Laros  and  A.  Mark- 
ley. 

Hakrisburg   District— C.    K.    FeJir, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta. — J.  Specht. 

"        Miss.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Myerstown  Cir.— W.  H.  Weldner. 
Annville  Miss.— E.  J.  Miller. 
Mt.  Nebo  Cir.— D.  Lentz  and  A.    W. 

Warfel. 
Harrisburg  Miss.— F.  P.  Lehr. 

'•         Eng.    Miss.— J.    C.    Horn- 

berger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— L.  E.  Leslie. 
Halifax  Miss.— (To  be  supplied). 
Millersburg  Sta.— H.  A.  Neltz. 
Williams  Valley  Cir.— J.  F.  Wohlfarth. 


Berrysburg  Cir.- J.  P.  Leib, 
Unlontown  Cir.— S.  L.  Wiest  and  H.  D. 

Shuitz. 
Alahantongo  Cir.— B.  H.  Miller. 
Shamokin  Sta  — B.  J.  Smoyer. 

PoTTSviLLE    District— r.    Bowman, 

P.  E 
Pottsville  Sta.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Scjhuylkill  Haven  Sta  —J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
"  "     Miag.— J.  B)wman. 

Cressona  Cir.— F.  Kvecker. 
Tremont  Cir.— J.  S.  Xewhart. 
Pinegrove  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Hamburg  Miss.  ~H.  Kempfsr. 
Wesnersville  Miss. — Wm.  Heim. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— A.  Dilabar. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— \.  F.  Leopold. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— W.  L.  Black. 
Tamsqua  Sta.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Barnesville  Cir.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Shenandoah  City  Miss.— H.  R.  Yost. 
Frackville  Miss.— G.  H.  Laury. 
Ringtown  Cir.— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Mt.  Carrael  Miss.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Ashland  Sta.— T.  W.  Yeakel. 
Hazleton  Sta.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 

Allentown  District -X   M.  Saylo)', 

P.  E. 
Allentown    Linden    St.    Sta.  —  C.     B. 

Fliehr. 
Allentown  Turner  St.  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
East  Allentown  Miss  — C.  H.  Baker. 
North  Allentown  ^liss.- J.  Schell. 
Emaus  Miss.— S.  Ely. 
Lehigh  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— Geo.  Knerr. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Slatington  Sta. — R.  Deis'ier. 
Parryville  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Weissport  Sta.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Lehighton  Miss.— A.  Krecker. 
Mauch  Chunk  Cir.— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Wilkesbarre  Miss.— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Scranton  Miss.— D.  A.  Medlar. 

Easton  District— Jp.wp  TeaVpl,  P.  E. 
Easton  Sta. — Seneca  Breyfogel. 


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261 


Easton  Miss.— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Freemausburg  Sta.— \V.  A.  Leopold. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— Moses  Dissiuger. 
Betliletiem  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Bath  Miss.— L.  Snyder. 
Nazareth  Cir.— T.  Harper. 
Mt.  Bethel  Cir.— J.  M.  Kinker. 
Bangor  Miss.— C.  Gingrich. 


Monroe  Cir.— A.  Kindt. 
Sterling  Cir.- T.  A.  Uess. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 
Newark  Miss.- N.  Goebel. 
New  York  Sta.— M.  Guhl. 
New  York  Miss.— John  Kurtz. 
Union  Hill  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Greenville  Miss.— E.  Glaeser. 


1875. 

The  Thirty-Sirth  {<6^th)  Annual  Session. 

'    President^  Bishop  J.  J.  Eslier. 

German  Secretary  C.  B.  Fliehr. 

English  Secretary.,  J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  G.  Sch;irf  and  B.  J.  Smoyer. 

The  Conference  convened  in  the  St.  Matthew's  Evan- 
gelical church  at  Millersburg,  Dauphin  Co.,  Pa.,  on 
Wednesday  forenoon,  February  24th,  1875.  The  fol- 
lowing committees  were  appointed:  On  Worship, — C. 
K.  Fehr,  H.  A.  Neitz,  and  J.  P.  Leib  ;  On  Letters  and 
Boundaries, — The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On 
Finance, — R.  Deisher,  J.  Steltzer,  and  D.  Z.  Kembel; 
On  Statistics,— W.  K.  Wieand,  J.  K.  Knerr,  A.  M. 
Stirk,  O.  L.  Saylor,  and  E.  Bntz  ;  On  Education, — I.  E. 
Knerr,  U.  H.  Hershey,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  G.  B.  Fisher,  and 
B.  F.  Bohner;  On  Quarterly  Conference  Records, — S. 
Neitz,  A.  Schultz,  G.  T.  Haines,  F.  Krecker,  and  J.  C. 
Bliein;  On  General  Conference  Recommendations, — J. 
Koehl,  S.  S.  Chubb,  S.  B.  Brown,  J.  P.  Leib,  and  F. 
Hoffman  ;  On  Church  Affairs,— S.  Ely,  R.  M.  Lichten- 
walner,  G.  Knerr,  Seneca  Breyfogel,  and  J.  N.  Metz- 
gar  ;  On  Memorials,— J.  K.  Seyfrit,  J.  O.  Lehr,  and  W. 
A.  Leopold. 


262  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1875. 

Kathan  Kaufman,  B.  Witmner,  and  G.  H.  Landis, 
local  preachers,  withdrew  from  the  (•hiireh.  An  elder 
and  a  local  preacher  were  deposed  from  the  ministry  and 
the  former  expelled  from  the  church.  Levi  Miller  and 
G,  F.  Weidner  resigned  their  licenses  as  local  preachers. 
The  announcement  was  made  that  R.  Dreibelhis,  itiner- 
ant, and  Isaac  Overholser,  Christopher  Yeakel,  and  G. 
Keich,  local  preachers,  had  died.  T.  Bowman  was 
re-elected,  and  S.  Neitz,  newly  elected  to  the  office  of 
Fresidinsy  Elder,  U.  H.  Hershey,  J.  F.  Wohlfarth,and 
J.  M.  Oplinger  were  ordained  Elders ;  T.  A.  Hess,  W. 
L.  Black,  L.^E.  Leslie,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  J.  J.  High,  G. 
H.  Laury,  J.  M.  Rinker,  A.  Straub,A.  W.  Warfcl,and 
C.  S.  Brown,  Deacons.  The  following  received  license 
a^  preachers  on  trial :  J.  C.  E.  Waehlte,  J.  D,  Camp- 
1-ell,  M.  L.  Custer,  J.  A.  Transue,  Henry  J.  Glick, 
Franklin  E.  Erdman  George  W.  Gross,  Augustus 
Krecker  and  Sylvester  T.  Leopold.  The  following  were 
received  into  the  itinerancy  :  I.  J.  Reitz,  A.  Krecker, 
G.  W.  Gross,  S.  T.  Leopold,  H.  J.  Glick,  M.L.  Custer, 
W.  C.  Kantner,  J.  R.  Workman,  C.  S.  Brown,  and  A. 
Straub. 

The  supernumeraries  were  K.  Goebel,  D.Wieand,  M. 
Sindlinger,  D.  Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Schell,  J.  Gross, 
S.  P.  Reinoehl,  C.  Gingrich,  and  J.  P.  Leib.  The  con- 
ference claimants  were  S.  P.  Remoehl,  H.  Stoetzel,  M. 
Sindlinger,  D.  Wieand,  N.  Goebel,  and  Sisters  Hesser, 
Schnerr,  and  Meyers.  The  following  were  elected  del- 
egates to  the  General  Conference:  T.  Bowman,  C.  S. 
Haman,  S.  G.  Rhoads,  C.  K.  Fehr,  S.  Neitz,  J.  M. 
Saylor,  J.  Yeakel,  J.  P.  Leib,  L.  Snyder,  J.  Koehl,  J. 
O.  Lehr,  F.  Hoffman,  and  J.  C.  Hornberger ;  alternates, 
G.  T.  Haines,  F.  Krecker,  I.  E.  Knerr,  and  S.  B.  Brown. 


1875.]  THK    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  263 

The  committee  on  quarterly  conference  records  re- 
ported the  following,  which  was  adopted:  "We  find 
in  a  nnmljer  of  records  that  substitutes,  sent  l)y  presid- 
ing elders  to  hold  quarterly  meetings,  presided  at  the 
quarterly  conferences,  which  we  consider  illegal."  The 
following  was  adopted  :  Whereas,  We  understand  that 
some  of  our  congregations  prohibit  their  pastors  from 
lifting  such  collections  as  are  authorized  by  Conference ; 
therefore  be  it  Iiesolved,  1st,  That  we  most  emphati- 
cally disapprove  of  such  actioti  and  declare  it  to  be  a 
violation  of  our  church  rules  and  contrary  to  the  spirit 
of  true  Christianity.  2d,  That  no  congregation  supplied 
by  this  Conference  has  any  right  to  prohibit  such  col- 
lections nor  to  appropriate  them,  or  any  part  of  them, 
for  their  own  use  and  purpose.  It  was  made  the  imper- 
ative duty  of  every  presiding  elder  and  preacher  in 
chai-ge  to  see  to  it  that  the  churches  built  on  their  fields 
of  labor  are  deeded  in  accordance  with  the  provision  of 
our  Discipline. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Bath  Mission  was  made  a  station.  Mahoning  Yalley 
was  annexed  to  Lehighton  Mission.  Sterling  Circuit 
was  discontinued;  Paradise  and  Union  Church  were 
annexed  to  Monroe  Circuit;  and  Sterling  and  Middle 
Yalley,  to  Wayne  Circuit.  A  German  mission  was 
located  in  the  vicinity  of  New  York  City,  the  presiding 
elder  of  the  district  and  the  missionary  to  select  the 
specific  locality.  Camden  was  taken  from  Southwark 
Station,  Camden  and  Glassborough  to  form  a  circuit. 
Richmond  w^as  annexed  to  Bridesburg.  Link's  class  on 
Birdsboro  Mission  was  annexed  to  the  Heading  8th  Str. 


264  EVANGELICA.L    LANDMARKS.  [1875. 


congregation.  Leesport  was  taken  from  Womelsdorf 
Circuit  and  annexed  to  Hamburg  Mission.  Cruin's 
church  was  taken  from  Harrisburg  Mission  and  an- 
nexed to  Dauphin  Circuit.  Mountville,  Jonestown,  and 
Fredericksburg  were  taken  from  Mt.  Nebo  Circuit  and 
annexed  to  Myerstown  Circuit ;  Mt.  Nebo,  Steelstown, 
Hanover,  and  Conewago  to  constitute  Mt.  Nebo  Circuit. 
Palmyra  and  Campbellstown  were  annexed  to  Annville 
Mission.  Coaldale  and  Ashton  (Lansford)  were  taken 
from  Barnesville  Circuit,  and  Summit  Hill  from  Mauch 
Chunk  Circuit,  these  three  appointments  to  constitute 
Coaldale  Circuit.  New  missions  were  located  at  Mauch 
Chunk  and  White  Haven,  Sparrow  Bush,  N.  Y.,  South- 
wark  (Philadelphia),  Phoenixville,  Lititz  and  Manheim, 
and  Fleetwood. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

A  committee  of  five  was  appointed  to  consider  the 
necessity  of  changing  the  location  of  Newark  Mission, 
with  authority  to  sell  the  old  church  property  and  to 
erect  a  new  church  edifice  in  another  part  of  the  city. 
The  Mt.  Carmel  congregation  received  permission  to 
sell  a  lot  from  their  church  property.  The  congrega- 
tion at  Fredericksburg,  Pa.,  received  permission  to  sell 
a  part  of  their  church  lot  and  to  purchase  an  adjoining 
piece  of  ground.  The  members  of  the  Conference 
made  an  eifort  to  liquidate  the  indebtedness  of  $954.25 
on  the  church  at  Halifax  by  personal  contributions; 
$668  were  immediately  secured.  The  trustees  of  our 
church  at  Pine  Grove  were  authorized  to  sell  their  old 
church  property.  Permission  was  given  to  the  proper 
persons  to  sell  the  parsonage  of  the  old  Northampton 


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Circuit,  providing  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  be  ap- 
plied for  the  purpose  for  which  the  money  was  first  given. 
Permission  was  given  to  Lehighton  Mission  to  apply  a  cer- 
tain sum  of  money  in  their  possession  toward  building 
a  church  at  Lehighton,  and  to  Flint  class  on  Pleasant 
Yalley  Circuit,  to  remove  the  Gruber  Church  to  Flint 
Hill. 

EDUCATION. 

Whereas,  The  standing  committee  on  education  have 
not  yet  determined  on  a  location  for  the  founding  of  a 
higher  institution  of  learning,  nor  received  any  endow- 
ments therefor,  but  are  convinced  that  the  Conference 
should  press  the  project  to  a  successful  issue  as  soon  as 
the  depressed  state  of  business  and  the  finances  of  our 
country  and  other  circumstances  make  it  practicable; 
.  therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  the  same  committee  be 
continued.  Cedar  Hill  Seminary,  of  Mt.  Joy,  Pa., 
under  the  supervision  of  Prof.  D.  Denlinger,  was  com- 
mended for  its  excellencies.  The  Conference  created 
the  office  of  Treasurer  of  the  Educational  Fund,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  report  to  Conference  annually.  He 
shall  have  power  to  purchase  any  books  prescribed  in 
our  course  of  study  for  the  use  of  indigent  young 
preachers  traveling  in  our  Conference,  upon  the  pre- 
sentation of  an  order  from  their  presiding  elders.  The 
money  thus  expended  shall  be  refunded  into  the  treasury 
as  soon  as  the  recipient  of  the  books  is  able.  J.  C. 
Bliem  was  elected  educational  treasurer.  District  min- 
isterial conventions  were  commended  as  a  valuable 
means  for  the  development  of  our  ministerial  efficiency. 
I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  B.  Brown,  and  J.  C.  Hornberger  were 
appointed  to  examine  junior  preachers.  W.  K.AVieand 
18 


266  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1875. 


and  J.  K.  Seyfrit  were  appointed  to  examine  applicants 
for  the  itinerancy. 


MEMORIALS, 


The  ranks  of  the  ministry  were  diminished  during  the 
past  year  by  the  decease  of  fonr  brethren.  Eeiiben 
Dreibelbis,  an  itinerant,  was  a  diligent  laborer  in  the 
church  of  his  choice  and  wa?  instrumental  in  leading 
many  souls  to  the  Great  Shepherd  of  the  flock.  His 
sermons  w^ere  sound,  evangelical,  and  full  of  divine  nnc- 
tion.  His  life  waa  devoted  and  his  walk  consistent. 
Isaac  Overholser,  once  in  the  active  ministry,  but  of 
recent  years  a  local  preacher,  lived  a  useful  life  and 
died  a  triumphant  death.  His  sermons  w^ere  spiritual 
and  his  life  blameless.  Father  Christopher  Yeakelwas 
perhaps  the  oldest  veteran  of  the  cross  among  the  local 
preachers  of  our  Conference.  He  walked  with  God.  In 
his  day  he  suffered  much  from  persecution,  but  his  con- 
fidence in  God  remained  unAaken.  Father  George 
Reich,  a  local  deacon,  passed  away  during  the  past  year 
in  the  hope  of  a  blissful  immortality. 


TEMPERANCE. 


We  thank  God  and  take  courage  from  the  fact  that 
in  spite  of  the  violent  efforts  of  the  liquor  dealers,  the 
Local  Option  Law  remains  unrepealed,  and  from  the 
fact  that  through  the  prayers  and  labors  of  self-denying 
Christian  women  the  church  and  the  friends  of  order 
have  been  aroussd  against  the  foe,  as  has  never  before 
been  witnessed  in  our  country. 


1875.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


267 


FINANCE. 


Heceived  from  conference  collections $1,208.38 

Received  from  the  book  establishment 300.00 

Received  from  the  Charitable  Society 255.00 


Paid  to  conference  claimants. 


$1,763.38 
,    1,758.98 


Balance  on  hand. 


MISSIONARY  APPROPRIATIONS. 


4.40 


Phila.  8th  Str.  Miss. $400 
Norristown  Miss. .  ,  .  100 
Phoenixville  Miss.  .  .    200 

Pottstown  Miss 250 

Birdsboro  Miss 300 

Reading  9th  Str.  Miss.  100 

Fleetwood  Miss 

Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 100 

Lancaster  Miss 300 

Hamburg  Miss 200 

Wesnersville  Miss. .  .    350 

Lebanon  Miss 425 

Annville  Miss 150 

Harrisburg  Ger.  Miss.  250 
Harrisbnrg  Eng.Miss.  500 

Halifax  Miss 100 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Miss 275 

Shenandoah  Miss 200 

Frackville  Miss 350 


Mt.  Carmel  Miss $400 

I^th.  AUentown  Miss.  350 
East  AUentown  Miss.  275 

Emaus  Miss 100 

Lehighton  Miss 300 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss.  . 

Wilkesbarre  Miss 200 

Scranton  Miss 350 

Easton  Eng.  Miss. .  .   300 

Bangor  Miss 250 

Sparrowbnsh  Miss.  . .    300 
New   York   53d    Str. 

Miss 350 

Union  Hill  Miss 250 

Greenville  Miss 400 

Newark  Miss 250 

New    York    vicinity 

Miss.. 55a 

Additional  for  last 
year,  North  Allen- 
town  Miss lOO- 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1875. 


The  $25  appropriated  to  East  Reading  at  the  last  ses- 
sion was  applied  to  Lehighton  Miss,  for  last  year. 

APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia      District.  —  S.     6. 

Rhoads,  P.  E. 
PhilaJelpliia  4th  St.  Sta.— C.  B.  Fliehr. 
"  ?>th.  St.  sta.— F.  Hoffman. 

"  6tli  St.  Sta.— J.  Yeakel. 

"  8tli  St.  Miss.— S.  S.  Chubb. 

Germantown  Sta.— J.  O.  Lehr. 
Camden    and    Glassborough    Cir.- N. 

Goebel. 
Norristown    Miss.  —  R.    AI.     Lichten- 

walner. 
Phoenixville  Miss.— J.  P.  Leib. 
Trappe  Cir.— J.  A  Feger. 
Montgomery   Cir.— W.  A.  Shoemaker 

and  H.  J.  Glick. 
Miiford  Cir.- G.  Scharf. 
Pottstown  Miss.— J.  M.  Oplinger. 
Birdsboro  Miss.- G.  B.  Fisher. 
Bridesburg  and  Richmond.— M.   Sind- 

linger. 

Reading  District.— C.  <S.  Hainan^P.  E. 
Reading  Sth  St.  Sta.— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Reading  Chestnut  St.  Sta.— U.  H.  Uer- 

shey. 
Reading  9ih  St.  Miss.— E.  Butz. 
Fleetwood  Miss —J.  Zern. 
Kutztowu  Cir.- A.  Ziegenfus. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Adamstown  Cir.— F.  Sechrist. 
Brownstown  Cir. — W.  Heim. 
Conestoga  Cir.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Fairville  Sta.— W.  L.  Black. 
Lititz  and  Manheim  Miss.— C.  S.  Brown. 
Lancaster  Cir.— A.  A.  Delong  and  A. 

Markley. 
Lancaster  Sta. — A.  Shultz. 
Lancaster  Miss.— B.  D.  Albright. 
Hamburg  Miss. — H  Kempfer. 
Wesnersville  Miss.— W.  H.  Weidner. 

Harrisburg  District. — C.   K.   Felir, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Sta. — J.  Specht. 
Lebanon  Miss.— J.  G.  Sands. 


Myerstown  Cir.— D.  Lentz  and  M.  L- 

Custer. 
Annville  Miss.— E.  J.  Miller. 
Mt.  Nebo  Cir.— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Harrisburg  Ger.  Miss.— J.  Laros. 
Harrisburg    Eng.  Miss.— J.  C.  Horn- 

berger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Halifax  Miss.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Millersburg  Sta.— H.  A.  Neitz. 
Williams  Valley  Cir.— J.  F.  Wohlfarth. 
Berrysburg  Cir.— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Unioiitown  Cir.  — S.  L.  Wiest  and  S.  T. 

Leopold. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— B.  H.  Miller. 
Stiamokin  Sta.— W.  A.  Leopold. 

PoTTSviLLE  District.— s.  Neitz,  P.  E. 
Potts ville  Sta  —I.  E.  Knerr. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Miss. — J  as.  Bowman. 
Cressona  Cir. — D.  A.  Medlar. 
Tremont  Cir. — W.  C.  Kantner. 
Pine  Grove  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— G.  W.  Gross. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— A.  F.  Leopold. 
Port  Carbon  Cir.— J.  R.  Workman. 
Barnesville  Cir.- A.  Krecker. 
Coaldale  Cir.— L.  E.  Leslie. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— J.  K.  Kuerr. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Shenandoah  Miss.— H.  R.  Yost. 
Frackville  Miss.— G.  H.  Laury. 
Ringtown  Cir.— A.  Dilabar. 
Mt.  Garmel  Miss.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Ashland  Sta.— D.  S.  Staufler. 

Allentown  District— >/.  M.   Savior, 

P.  E. 
Allentown,  Linden  St.  Sta.— J.  Steltzer. 
East  Miss.— C.  H.  Baker. 
"         North  Miss-^Iohn  ShelL 
Emaus  Sta. — Solomon  Ely. 
Lehigh  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner. 


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269 


Catasauqua  Sta.— Jacob  Adams. 
Berliasville  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Slatington  Sta.— R.  Deisher. 
Parryville  Cir.— Seaeoa  Breyfogel. 
Weissport  Sta.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Leliighton  Miss.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Maucli  Cliualc  Miss.- Jolin  Koehl. 
Wilkesbarre  Miss.— J.  K.  Pelir. 
Scranton  Miss. — J.  M.  Kiuker. 
Hazleton  Sta.— F.  Kreclcer. 

Easton  District— 71  Bowman,  P.  E. 
Easton  German  Sta.— Isaac  Hess. 

"  English  Miss.— 0  L.  Saylor. 
Freemansburg  Sta.— Lewis  Snyder. 
Bethleliem  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 


Allentown  Eng.  Miss.— B.  J.  Smoyer 
Bath  Cir.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Nazareth  Cir.— Thomas  Harper. 
Mount  Bethel  Cir.— J.  J.  High. 
Bangor  Miss.— I.  W.  Yeakel. 
Monroe  Cir.— A.  Kindt. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— M.  Dissinger  and 

H.  D.  Shultz. 
Wayne  Cir.— T.  A.  Hess. 
Sparrow  Bush  :\IiS3.— J.  Savitz. 
New  York,  24th  St.  Sta.— 6.  Knerr. 

"         53d  St.  Miss. — John  Kurtz. 
Union  Hill  Miss.— T.  Plattenberger. 
Greenville  Miss.— M.  Guhl. 
New  York  &  Vicinity  Miss.— E.  Glaeser. 
Newark  Miss.— A.  Straub. 


1875. 


The  General  Conference. 

Presidents,  Bisliops  J.  J.  Esher,  R.  Yt akel,  R.  Dubs, 
and  T.  Bowman. 

Secretary,  H.  Huelster. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  R.  Mott,  E.  J.  Scliultz,  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  H.  B.  Hartzler,  and  S.  Smith. 

The  members  of  the  General  Conference  met  in  the 
Emanuel  Clnirch,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  Thursday,  Octo- 
ber 14:th,  1875,  and  continued  in  session  nineteen  days. 
Besides  the  ei_i>iit  ex-ojjicio  delegates,  there  were  ninety 
delegates,  representing  fourteen  annual  conferences,  in 
attendance.  All  the  representatives  of  the  East  Pa.  Con- 
ference were  present  except  the  late  Father  J.  P.  Leib, 
whose  seat  w^as  occupied  by  F.  Krecker,  alternate.  In 
the  examination  of  the  ofticials  appointed  by  the  Gen- 
eral Conference,  and  of  the  delegates,  no  charges  were 


270  EVAXGELICAL    LAXDMARKS,  [1875. 

preferred.  After  two  days  of  discussion  the  following 
-was  adopted  bj  a  vote  of  76  to  14 :  Resolced^  That  a 
German  conference  shall  be  constituted,  embracing  the 
following  fields  of  labor :  New  York  Station,  jSTew 
York  Mission,  Newark  Mission,  Union  Hill  Mission, 
Greenville  Mission,  Easton  Station,  Fifth  Street  Sta- 
tion (Philadelphia),  Bridesburg  and  Richmond,  Cam- 
den Mission,  and  Harrisburg  Mission,  of  the  East  Pa. 
Conference;  Green  Street  Station  and  East  Baltimore 
Station  in  Baltimore,  York  Station,  and  the  German 
Station  in  "Williamsport,  of  the  Central  Pa.  Conference; 
and  Washington  Mission.  This  conference  shall  be 
called  the  Atlantic  Coiiference,  a.nd  shall  be  organized  at 
the  next  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference. 

The  Conference  adopted  suitable  resolutions  relative 
to  the  death  of  J.  P.  Leib,  a  delegate  of  the  East  Pa. 
Conference.  A  memorial  service  was  held  in  which 
"W.  W.  Orwig,  E.  Kohr,  and  S.  Neitz  made  appropriate 
addresses. 

On  Tuesday,  the  19th  day  of  Oct.,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1875,  the  first  heathen  mission  of  the  Evangelical 
Association  was  established  by  the  adoption  of  the  follow- 
ing: "Whereas,  We  as  a  church  are  undoubtedly  called 
to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen ;  and  many  contri- 
butions for  such  a  mission  have  been  received,  and  a 
considerable  fund  has  already  been  secured ;  and  the 
board  of  missions  has  for  several  years  had  this  subject 
under  earnest  and  favorable  consideration;  and  of  late 
the  desire  of  the  cluirch  for  the  establishment  of  such  a 
mission  seems  to  have  grown  in  strength;  and  men, 
whom  we  believe  have  the  necessary  qualifications,  have 
offered  their  services  in  this  direction ;  and  we  believe 


18T5.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  271 

that  tlie  estallisliment  of  such  a  mission  will  not,  as 
some  fear,  interfere  with  contributions  for  other  mis- 
sionary purposes,  but,  on  the  contrary,  will  develop 
the  spirit  of  niisshms  and  increase  the  contributions  for 
other  benevolent  purposes;  therefore,  Itesolved,  1st, 
That  a  mission  among  the  heathen  be  established  forth- 
with. 2d,  That  we  consider  Japan  as  the  most  favor- 
able country  for  such  a  mission,  and  that  it  be  estab- 
lished in  said  country.  3d,  That  the  board  of  missions 
be  instructed  to  take  the  necessary  steps  that  this 
mission  be  supplied  with  at  least  two  suitable  men  as 
soon  as  possible.  These  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted  amid  profound  feeling  and  great  enthusiasm. 

The  elections  resulted  as  follows:  Bishops,  J.  J. 
Esher,  K.  Yeakel,  K.  Dubs,  and  T.  Bowman ;  general 
book  agent,  W.  F.  Schneider;  editor  of  the  ChHstliche 
Botschafter^  M.  Lauer;  editor  of  the  Evangelical  Mes- 
senger, J.  Hartzler ;  editor  of  the  Evangelische  Magazin 
and  German  S.  S.  Literature,  W.  Horn;  editor  of  the 
Living  Epistle  and  English  S.  S.  Literature,  H.  J.  Bow- 
man; corresponding  secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society, 
J.  Young;  treasurer  of  the  Missionary  Society,  W. 
Yo&t;  superintendent  of  the  Orphans'  Home,  Jacob 
Dieis!)ach;  editor  of  the  Evangelische  Botschafter,  J. 
Kaechele;  editor  of  the  Kinderfreund,  G.  Fuessele; 
book  agent  in  Germany,  J.  Walz. 

The  following  statistics  were  reported:  Itinerant 
preachers,  836  ;  local  preai-hers,  503;  members,  95,253  ; 
churches,  1,233;  parsonages,  324;  Sunday-schools, 
1,509;  officers  and  teachers,  16,875;  scholars,  90,090; 
catechetical  classes,  509  ;  catechumens,  6,186. 


272  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1876. 

1876. 

The   Thirty-Seventh  (Qdth)  Annual  Sessiofi. 

President,  Bishop  R.  Ycakel. 

Secretary,  W.  K,  Wieand. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  S.  L.  Wiest  and  B.  J.  Smoyer. 

The  thirty-seventh  annual  session  of  the  Conference 
was  held  in  the  St.  Peter's  Evangelical  Church,  at 
Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa.,  beginning  on  Wednesday,  Feb- 
ruary 23d,  1876.  The  Bishop  appointed  the  following 
Committees:  On  Public  Worship,— J.  K.  Seyfrit,  J. 
Bowman,  D.  A.  Medlar,  and  I.  E.  Knerr ;  On  Letters, 
— The  presiding  elders  and  J.  Yeakel;  On  Boundaries, 
— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Quarterly 
Conference  Becords, — A.  Schultz,  G.  T.Haines, Seneca 
Breyfogel,  J.  Adams,  C.  H.  Baker,  M.  Dissinger,  and 
H.  Stoetzel;  On  Statistics, — B.  J.  Smoyer,  J.  O.  Lehr, 
W.  A.  Leopold,  J.  G.  Sands,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  and 
I.  W.  Yeakel;  On  Education,— S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  K. 
Knerr,  O.  L.  Savior,  A.  M.  Stirk,  and  H.  A.  Neitz; 
On  Church  Affairs,— F.  Krecker,  L.  Snyder,  S.  Ely,  R. 
Deisher,  J.  Koehl,  and  J.  N.  Metzgar;  On  Temperance 
and  Sabbath, — J.  C.  Hornberger,  S.  L. Wiest,  A.  Kindt, 
E.  J.  Miller,  J.  Specht,  and  F.  P.  Lehr;  On  the  Cen- 
tennial,— I.  E.  Knerr,  J.  C.  Bliem,  B.  M.  Lichteu- 
walner,  J.  L.  Werner,  and  J.  N.  Metzgar;  On  Memor- 
ials,—J.  Yeakel,  F.  Hoffman,  S.  B.  Bi^own,  TJ.  H.  Her- 
shey,  and  B.  F.  Bohner;  On  Finance, — C.  B.  Fliehr, 
J.  Specht,  T.  Harper,  D.  A.  Medlar,  and  B.  D. 
Albright;  On  Conference  Claimants, — S.  Neitz,  H. 
Kempfer,  and  D.  Z.  Kembel.  A  Beportorial  Commit- 
tee was  appointed  consisting  of  J.  F.  Wohlfarth,  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  and  S.  C.  Breyfogel. 


1876.]         THE    EAST    PRN^•SYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  273 

The  resignation  of  Nathan  Heil  as  local  preacher  was 
accepted.  Simon  Frankeniield  and  Wm.  Webber,  local 
preachers,  withdrew  from  the  church.  The  announce- 
ment was  made  that  J.  P.  Leib  and  S.  G.  Rhoads,  itin- 
erants, and  John  Eckert,  local  elder,  had  died  during 
the  year.  J.  M.  Saylor  was  re-elected,  and  J.  O.  Lehr 
and  I.  E.  Knerr  were  newly  elected  to  the  office  of  Pre- 
siding Elder.  J.  Bowman,  H.  R.  Yost,  A.  Markley, 
E.  Glaeser,  J.  S.  Newhart,  and  D.  A.  Medlar  were  or- 
dained Elders;  S.  T.  Leopold,  H.  D.  Shultz,  I.  J. 
Keitz,  A.  Dilabar,  A.  Krecker,  and  G.  D.  Sweigert, 
Deacons.  Tlie  following  received  license  as  preachers 
on  trial:  Jonas  H.  Shirey,  Jolin  W.  Woehrle,  Galen 
W.  Hoover,  Dr.  Fred.  Krecker,  John  R.  Hensyl,  and 
Samuel  H.  Dunkelberger.  The  supernumeraries  were  : 
]!T.  Goebel,  D.  AVieand,  J.  Grot^s,  M.  Sindliiiger,  D. 
Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  S.  P.  Roinoehl,  C.  Gingrich,  W. 
Heim,  S.  Ely,  and  J.  Kurtz.  The  confereiu-e  claimants 
were,  S.  P.  Reinoehl,  C.  Gingrich  and  wife,  M.  Sindlinger 
and  wife,  D.  Wieand  and  wife,  H.  Stcetzel,  D.  Berger, 
J.  P.  Leib,  and  the  widows  Schnerr,  Hesser,  and  Myers. 
The  name  of  Samuel  Miesse  was  recorded  on  the  list  of 
local  elders.  C.  H.  Egge,  of  the  Iowa  Conference,  and 
K.  B.  Shirk,  of  the  Central  Pa.  Conference,  were  re- 
ceived into  this  Conference  in  the  same  relation  which 
they  sustained  in  the  respective  conferences  from  which 
they  brought  credentials.  The  former  was  also  received 
into  the  itinerancy.  Rev.  L.  N.  Worman  received  per- 
mission to  remain  in  the  itinerancy  one  year  without  an 
appointment,  his  intention  being  to  make  a  journey  to 
Palestine.  W.  C.  Kantner  having  received  and  accepted 
a  call  from  the  executive  committee  of  the  Missionary 


274:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1876, 

Society  to  go  as  a  missionary  to  Oregon,  the  Confer- 
ence granted  him  an  honorable  dismissal  and  a  favor- 
able recommendation  to  our  brethren  on  the  Pacific 
coast.  At  his  request  the  Conference  granted  to  M. 
Guhl  a  letter  of  dismissal  and  a  recommendation  to  the 
Erie  Conference.  J.  A.  Transue,  local  preacher,  also 
received  a  letter  of  dismissal. 

The  following  was  adopted:  Whereas,  General 
Conference  has  taken  from  our  midst  our  beloved 
brother,  Thomas  Bowman,  by  choosing  liira  one  of 
the  bishops  of  our  clinrch ;  therefore  be  it  Resolved, 
That,  although  we  keenly  feel  his  absence,  we  will 
humbly  submit  to  this  decision  of  the  General  Con- 
ference and  always  pray  tiiat  the  Lord  may  fully 
qualify  him  for  his  honorable  position,  and  that  we  will 
always  welcome  Bishop  Bowman  in  our  midst  and  re- 
gard liim  as  one  of  our  number. 

The  following  members  of  this  Conference  connected 
themselves  with  the  Atlantic  Conference  :  Jesse  Yea- 
kel,  Geo.  Knerr,  R.  Deisher,  J.  Steltzer,  J.  Koehl,  G. 
Scharf,  T.  Plattenberger,  A.  F.  Leopold,  E.Glaeser,  A. 
Straub,  JVL  Sindlinger,  and  C.  B.  Fliehr.  J.  Steltzer, 
of  the  Atlantic  Conference,  read  a  fraternal  address, 
whereupon  it  was  Resolved,  That  we  have  heard  the 
address  with  pleasure,  and  that  we  will  ever  remember 
these  brethren  in  our  prayers  and  welcome  them  in  our 
midst. 

OUR  national  centennial. 

The  General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion having  expressed  its  opinion  in  reo^ard  to  the  celebra- 
tion of  tiie  Centennial,  the  East  Pa.  Conference  resolved 
that  the  occasion  be  observed  in  an  appropriate  manner. 


1876.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  275 

and  appointed  Ihe  second  day  of  July  for  thanksgiving 
services  in  oar  churches  and  other  places  of  public 
worship.  It  was  ordered  that  subscriptions  be  secured 
for  educational  purposes. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Shamrock  was  taken  from  Milford  Circuit  and  an- 
nexed to  Lehigh  Circuit.  Boyertown  was  transferred 
from  Pottstown  Mission  to  Milford  Circuit.  Birdsboro 
Mission  was  changed  to  a  circuit.  Lykens,  Dayton,  and 
Wiconisco  were  taken  from  Williams  Yalley  Circuit 
and  formed  into  Lykenstown  Circuit.  Seven  Points, 
Irish  Valley,  and  Fisher's  Ferry  were  taken  from 
Uniontown  Circuit,  and  together  with  Sunbury  were 
formed  into  Sunbury  Mission.  Bangor  Mission  was 
discontinued ;  and  Bangor,  Miller's  Church,  and  Pox- 
burg  were  formed  into  Bangor  Circuit.  Ackermanville, 
"Wind  Gap,  Plainlield,  Bushkill,  and  Bartholomew's 
class  were  formed  into  Ackermanville  Circuit.  Naza- 
reth was  annexed  to  Bath  Station.  Sparrowbush  Mis- 
sion was  discontinued  and  annexed  to  Wayne  Circuit. 
Paradise  and  Union  were  taken  from  Monroe  Circuit 
and  Sterling  from  Wayne  Circuit  and  formed  into  Ster- 
ling Circuit.  St.  Peter's,  St.  John's,  Mechanicsville, 
Woehrle's,  Snydersville,  East  Strondsburg, Middlecreek, 
and  Albrightsville  were  formed  into  Hamilton  Circuit. 
Fredericksburg,  Mountville,  Jonestown,  and  Union  were 
taken  from  Myerstown  Ciicuit  and  annexed  to  Mt. 
Nebo  Circuit.  Coaldale  was  annexed  to  Port  Carbon 
Circuit.  Stemton  was  taken  from  Bath  Circuit  and 
annexed  to  Catasauqua  Station.  Phoenixville  was  an- 
nexed to  Pottstown  Mii^sion.  The  Conference  was  di- 
vided into  six  presiding  elder  districts. 


276  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1876. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  following  congregations  received  permission  to 
collect  on  their  respective  presiding  elder  districts: 
Bernville,  Track ville,  Leesport,  Port  Clinton,  Mjers- 
town,  and  Shenandoah  City.  The  affairs  of  the 
Port  Clinton  church  were  submitted  to  a  commit- 
tee. The  request  of  the  Myerstown  church  to  sell 
their  old  property  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  toward  the 
erection  of  a  new  church  in  a  more  suitable  pai-t  of  the 
town,  w^as  referred  to  a  committee.  Tlie  congregation 
at  Wescoesville  received  permission  to  sell  or  move 
their  church  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  to  build  at  a 
more  suitable  place,  upon  condition  that  they  retain 
their  present  burial  ground.  The  trustees  of  the  Millers- 
town  church  received  permission  to  exchange  part  of  a 
lot  of  ground  for  other  ground  which  will  make  the 
church  lot  more  valuable  and  suitable.  Hamburg 
church  being  l)urdened  with  a  debt  of  §876.24,  demand- 
ing prompt  payment,  it  was  resolved  to  raise  the  claim 
at  this  session,  if  possible.  Our  friends  of  the  German- 
town  congregation  were  requested  to  build  a  new  church 
edifice  in  order  better  to  promote  the  work  of  Christ 
and  the  honor  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  The 
trustees  of  the  Bolich  church  W'Cre  requested  to  borrow 
a  sufficient  amount  of  money  in  order  to  secure  the  deed 
of  their  property.  The  Lebtnion  English  Mission  was 
authorized  to  collect  funds  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Conference  during  the  coming  year  to  aid  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  house  of  worship.  After  due  investigation  it 
was  found  that  the  claim  of  Christ  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, upon  the  Conference  is  $561.21,  and  on  the  Church 
Building  Society   $65 ;  it  was  I'esolved,  therefore,  that 


1876.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  277 

the  Churcli  Building  Society  grant  said  clinrcli  a  loan 
of  $65,  and  that  the  Conference  permit  the  missionary 
stationed  at  Philadelphia  to  collect  $561.21  within  the 
bounds  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference.  The  trustees  of 
Christ  Church  also  received  permission  to  grant  to  D. 
Focht  a  mortgage  of  $3,250  for  five  years  upon  their 
church.  The  Church  Building  Society  was  instructed  to 
grant  a  loan  of  $300  to  the  Phffinixville  congregation. 

EDUCATION. 

The  Central  Pa.  Conference  having  sent  delegates  to 
this  Conference  with  instructions  to  suggest  the  pro- 
priety of  the  Pennsylvania  conferences  uniting  in  one 
2:rand  effort  to  secure  an  endowment  and  found  a  col- 
lege  in  one  of  the  said  conferences,  we  recognize  the 
great  importance  and  necessity  of  prompt  action  in  this 
matter.  Be  it  therefore  Resolved^  That  we  will  join 
with  our  brethren  of  the  Central  Pa.  and  the  Pittsburg 
conferences  in  taking  immediate  steps  towards  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  college,  and  that  we  will  secure  an 
endowment  fund  of  at  least  one  Mmdred  thousand  dol- 
lars^ towards  which  no  subscription  shall  be  considered 
binding  until  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  of  the 
amount  are  secured.  That  the  subscriptions  to  this 
fund  shall  be  payable  as  follows:  One-tenth  at  the 
time  when  the  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  have  been 
secured,  and  the  balance  in  four  equal  payments ;  the 
first  within  two  years,  the  second  within  four  years,  the 
third  within  six  years,  and  the  fourth  within  eight 
years,  with  notes  bearing  lawful  interest  from  the  time 


278  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [187o. 

the  subscriptions  become  binding  until  paid.  Rev.  H. 
A.  Neitz  was  appointed  agent  to  secure  funds  within 
the  bounds  of  this  Conference.  Kevs.  S,  S.  Chubb,  C. 
K.  Fehr,  C.  S.  Hainan,  and  Messrs.  D.  R.  Miller  and 
M.  B.  Shadt  were  appointed  a  committee  to  consult 
with,  and  secure  the  co-operation  of  similar  committees 
from  the  Central  Pa.  and  the  Pittsburg  conferences. 
The  following  were  appointed  examiners :  Of  Appli- 
cants,— S.  S.  Chubb,  W.  A.  Leopold,  and  U.  H.  Her- 
shej  ;  of  the  Pirst  Year's  Class, — W.  K.  Wieand,  J. 
K.  Seyfrit  and  S.  L.  Wiest. 

MEMORIALS. 

To  the  memory  of  J.  P.  Leib,  J.  Shell,  and  S.  G. 
Rhoads  the  Conference  erected  the  following  tribute : 
They  were  men  of  fine  intellectual  and  social  qualities, 
of  varied  and  useful  attainments,  exemplary  piety,  and 
rich  spiritual  experience.  In  their  walk  and  conversa- 
tion they  were  characterized  by  punctuality,  fidelity, 
and  entire  devotion  to  the  Master's  cause ;  serving  the 
church  in  important  positions  of  trust  with  untiring 
energy  and  the  most  (jheerful  self-sacrificing  zeal.  Be- 
cause of  their  thoroughly  evangelical  principles,  their 
usefulness,  and  their  powerful  and  eloquent  preaching 
they  won  many  souls  to  Christ,  and  endeared  themselves 
to  the  ministry  and  laity.  In  this  bereavement  we 
humbly  submit  to  the  divine  will.  John  Eckert,  a  local 
preacher,  but  formerly  in  the  itinerancy,  was  a  success- 
ful worker.  His  last  will  and  testament  gave  ample 
proof  of  his  love  for  the  church  of  his  choice. 


1876.] 


THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE. 


279 


FINANCE. 

Conference  collections $1,092.46 

Book  establishment 300.00 

Charitable  Society 338.25 

$1,730.71 

Expenditu7'es  : 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 1,730.71 

MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  8th  Str.  Miss..$350 

Norristown  Miss.  .  . .  100 

Pottstown  Miss 250 

Reading  9th  Str.  Miss.  100 

Fleetwood  Miss 100 

Lititz    and    Manheini 

Miss 125 

Lancaster  Miss 200 

Hamburg  Miss 100 

Wesnei-sville  Miss...  325 

Lebanon  Miss 450 

AnnvilleMiss 200 

Harrisburg  Miss 500 

Halifax  Miss 25 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Miss 250 


Shenandoah     City 
Miss 100 

Frackville  Miss 350 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 300 

Nth.  Allentown  Miss.  200 
East  Allentown  Miss.  250 

Emaus  Miss 50 

Lehighton  Miss 225 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss..   200 
Wilkesbarre  Miss....    250 

Scranton  Miss 350 

Easton  Miss 275 

Sunbury  Miss 200 

Total $5,825 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— J^.  M.  Saylor, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Eng.  Miss.— J.  Bowman. 
Germantown  Sta  —J.  K.  Seyfrit. 


Norristown  Miss.— F.  Hoffman. 
Trappe  Cir.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Pottstown  Miss.— T.  Harper. 
Birdsboro  Cir.— L.  E.  Leslie. 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1876. 


Montgomery    Cir.— W.  A.   Shoemaker 

and  H.  J.  Glick. 
Milford  Cir.— D.  Lentz. 
Conestoga  Cir.— J.  J.  High. 
Kutztown  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Fairville  Sta.— W.  L.  Black. 
Fleetwood  Miss.— J.  Zern. 

Reading  District— C.  S.Hajnan,  P.  E. 

Reading  8th  St.  Sta.— B.  F.  Bohner. 

Reading  9th  St.  Miss.— L  Hess. 

Reading   Chestnut   St.    Sta.  —  U.    H. 
Hershey. 

Adamstown  Cir.- F.  Sechrist 

Brownstown  Cir.— H.  Kempfer. 

Lilitz  and  Manheim  Miss.— J.   M.  Op- 
linger. 

Lancaster  Sta.— H.  R.  Yost. 

"        Eng.  Miss.— Dr.  F.  Krecker. 
"        Cir.— A.   A.  Belong  and  A. 
Markley. 

Womelsdorf  Cir.~D.  Z.  Kembel. 

Myerstown  Cir.— C.  8.  Brown. 

Schuylkill  Cir.— E.  Butz. 

Hamburg  Miss.— C.  Gingrich. 

Wesnersville  Miss.— W.  H.  Weldner. 

Harrisbdrg   District— C.    K.   Fehr, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  Specht. 

"       Eng.  Miss.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Annville  Miss.— E.  J.  Miller. 
Mt.  Nebo  Cir.— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Harrisljurg  Eng.    Miss.— J.  C.  Horn- 

berger. 
Dauphin  Cir.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Halifax  Miss.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Millersburg  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Williamstown  Cir.— J.  p.  Wohltarth. 
Lykeustown  Cir.— G.  H.  Laury. 
Berrysburg  Cir.— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Uniontown  Cir.— B.  H.  Millerand  J.  H. 

Shirey. 
Sunbury  Miss.— (To  be  supplied). 
Shamokin  Sta.— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Tremont  Miss.— (To  be  supplied). 

POTTSviLLE   District—/,    e.    Knerr, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— A.  M.  Stirk. 


Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 

"  Eng.  Miss.— Chas.  H. 

Egge. 
Cressona  Cir. — D.  A.  Medlar. 
Pine  Grove  Sta.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— G.  W.  Gross. 
Port  Carbon  and  Coaldale  Cir.- J.  R. 

Workman. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Frackville  Miss.— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Ashland  Sti.— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Shenandoah  City  Miss.— A.  Krecker. 
Barnesville  and  Kingtown  Cir.— A.  Dil- 

abar. 
Mt.  Carmel  Miss.- N.  B.  Shirk. 
Hazleton  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 

A.LLENTOWN  DISTRICT— &  XeitZ,  P.  E. 

Allentown  Linden  St.  Sta.— E.  M.Licht- 
enwalner. 

Allentown  Turner  St.  Sta.— B.  D.  Al- 
bright. 

East  Allentown  Miss.— C.  H.  Baker. 

North  Allentown  Miss.— J.  Laros. 

Lehigh  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner. 

Slatington  Cir.— M.  Dissinger. 

Parryville  Cir.— Seneca  Breyfogel. 

Weissport  Sta.— J.  K.  Knerr. 

Lehighton  Miss.— J.  C.  Bliem. 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss.-I.  W.  Yeakel. 

Wilkesbarre  Miss.— A.  Kindt. 

Bethlehem  District— J.  O.  Lehr,  P.  E. 
Easton  Eng.  Miss.— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Freemansburg  Sta.— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— L.  Snyder. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— D.  Yingst  and  M. 

L.  Custer. 
Bangor  Cir.— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Bath  Cir.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Aekermanville  Cir.— T.  A.  Hess. 
Hamilton  Cir  —  H.  D.  Shultz. 
Sterling  Cir.— J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 
Beiiinsville  Cir.— A.  Schultz. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Emaus  Miss.— G.  T.  Haines. 
Scranton  Miss.— J.  M.  Rinker. 


1877.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  281 

1877. 

The  Thirty 'Eighth  {70th)  Annual  Session. 
President,  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman. 
Secretary,  S.  B.  Brown. 
Assistant   Secretaries,    S.  C.  Breyfogel    and    H.   A. 

I^eitz. 

The  thirty-eighth  annual  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Con- 
ference was  held  at  Shamokin,  Pa.,  beginning  on 
"Wednesday,  February  28th,  1877.  The  president  an- 
nounced the  following  committees  :  On  Public  Wor- 
ship,— C.  K.  Fehr  and  W.  A.  Leopold  ;  On  Boundaries, 
— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders  ;  On  Letters, — 
F.  HofPman,  G-.  T.  Haines,  and  A.  Schultz  ;  On  Fi- 
nance,— J.  K.  Knerr,  B.  D.  Albright,  and  E.  J.  Miller ; 
On  Quarterly  Conference  Records, — F.  Krecker,  J. 
Zern,  E.  Butz,  A.  Ziegenfus,  F.  Sechrist,  and  B.  F. 
Bohner ;  On  Statistics, — O.  L.  Saylor,  J.  A.  Feger,  J. 
M.  Oplinger,  J.  Bowman,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  and  D.  A. 
Medlar ;  On  Education, — J.  C.  Hornberger,  B.  J. 
Smoyer,  A.  M.  Stirk,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  and  H.  A.  l^eitz  ; 
On  Church  Affairs,— S.  S.  Chubb,  W.  H.  Weidner,  L. 
N.  Worman,  C.  H.  Baker,  and  B.  H.  Miller;  On 
Memorials, — U.  H.  Hershey,  J.  S.  Newhart,  and  H.  E. 
Yost;  On  Sabbath  and  Temperence, — W.  K.  Wieand, 
J.  G-.  Sands,  J.  M.  Einker,  C.  H.  Egge,  and  D.  S. 
Stauffer;  On  Conference  Claimants, — I.  Hess,  I.  W. 
Yeakel,  and  J.  L.Werner.  S.  B.  Brown  was  appointed 
to  report  the  proceedings  for  the  Christliche  Botschaf- 
ter,  and  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  for  the  Evangelical  Messenger. 
A  reportoi:ial  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of 

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282  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1877. 

G.  W.  Gross,  A.  Krecker,  IT.  H.  Hersliey,  D.  A.  Med- 
lar, and  S.  L.  Wiest. 

Credentials  were  granted  to  N.  B.  Shirk  and  M.  L. 
Custer.  J.  K.  Workman  located  on  account  of  ill  health. 
H.  A.  Neitz  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  with  permis- 
sion to  rest  one  year.  Seneca  Breyfogel,  G.  B.  Fisher, 
J.  Frey,  F.  P.  Lehr,  and  C.  Gingrich  took  a  super 
numerary  relation.  J.  J.  High  died  during  the  year. 
Elders'  orders  were  granted  to  A.  W.  Warfel,  L.  E. 
Leslie,  W.  L.  Black,  T.  A.  Hess,  C.  S.  Brown,  J.  M. 
Rinker,  and  S.  C.  Breyfogel ;  and  Deacons'  orders,  to 
Dr.  F.  Krecker,  G.  W.' Gross,  H.  J.  Glick,  M.  L.  Cus- 
ter, and  N.  B.  Shirk.  The  following  were  licensed  as 
preachers  on  trial:  C.  J.  B.  Cole,  Henry  M.  Wingprt, 
Albert  M.  Sampsel,  Ferdinand.  Smith,  A.  V.  Hirst, 
Daniel  W.  Bicksler,  J.  S.  Dissinger,  Geo.  Wagner, 
Cyrus  Y.  Weidenhammer,  G.  W.  Moore,  and  Edward 
Fordman.  J.  W.  Woehrle,  J.  H.  Shirey,  and  G.  D. 
Sweigert  were  received  into  the  itinerancy. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Cresswell,  Conestoga  Centre,  and  Pittsburg  were 
taken  from  Lancaster  Circuit  and  formed  into  Cres- 
well  Circuit,  the  remainder  of  that  field  to  be  called 
Millersville  Circuit.  Wesnersville  was  discontinued  as 
a  mission  and  annexed  to  Schuylkill  Circuit.  Port 
Clinton  was  detached  from  Hamburg  Mission  and  an- 
nexed to  Schuylkill  Circuit.  Pricetown,  Friedens- 
burg,  Pleasantville,  Blandon,  and  Lyons  were  formed 
into  Friedensburg  Circuit.  Fleetwood  Mission  was 
changed  into  a  station.  Steelstown  and  The  Forge  were 
detached  from  Mt.  Nebo  Circuit  and  annexed   to   Ann- 


187T.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  283 

ville  Station.  Falmjra  was  taken  from  Annville  and 
annexed  to  Mt.  Nebo  Circuit.  Sunbury  and  Fisher's 
Ferry  were  placed  under  the  charge  of  Shamokin  Sta- 
tion. Seven  Points  was  taken  from  Sunbury  Mission 
and  annexed  to  Uniontown  Circuit.  Barnesville, 
Quakake,  and  Locust  Yalley  were  taken  from  Barnes- 
ville and  Ring-town  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Tamaqua 
Station.  Ringtown  and  Brandonville  were  annexed  to 
Shenandoah  Station.  Fort  Carbon  was  connected  with 
Fottsville  Station.  Coaldale,  Summit  Hill,  Mahoning, 
West  Fenn,  and  Centreville  were  organized  into  Mahon- 
ing Circuit.  Mt.  Carmel  Mission  was  placed  under  the 
charge  of  Ashland  Station.  Kutztown,  Shamrock, 
Richmond,  Moselem,  Shoemakersville,  and  Hamburg 
were  called  Kutztown  Circuit.  Nazareth  was  taken 
from  Bath  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Ackermanville  Cir- 
cuit. Buslikill  and  Bartholomew's  were  taken  from 
Ackermanville  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Bath  Circuit. 
Stroudsburg,  Snydersville,  St.  John's,  Woehrle's,  Fara- 
dise,  and  Union  Church  were  organized  into  Strouds- 
burg Circuit.  Saylorsburg,  Mechanicsville,  and  Al- 
brightsville  were  called  Middlecreek  Circuit.  Sterlino: 
was  annexed  to  Wayne  Circuit.  Miller's  Church  was 
transferred  from  Bangor  to  Ackermanville  Circuit. 
Scranton  was  put  under  the  charge  of  Wilkesbarre 
Mission. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  accounts  of  the  Frackville  Mission  Church  were 
audited  and  reported  as  follows:  The  total  cost  of 
church,  including  interest,  is  §3, 015. 46;  the  total 
amount    collected,   $695.00;  the   present   indebtedness, 


284  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1877. 

$2,320.46.  The  following  conii^regations  received  per- 
mission to  borrow  money  and  to  give  mortgages  on 
their  churches:  Leesport,  $800.00;  Shenandoah, 
$1,000.00;  and  Hamburg,  $600.00.  The  congregation  at 
Bernville  received  permission  to  collect  on  Reading  Dis- 
trict. The  congregations  at  East  Allentown  and  at 
Bath  were  permitted  to  collect  on  Allentown  and  Beth- 
lehem districts.  The  church  affairs  in  the  Tower  City, 
Trevorton,  and  Barnesville  congregations  were  referred 
to  their  respective  presiding  elders  and  preachers  in 
charge.  The  trustees  at  Coaldale  were  instructed  to 
have  their  church  incorporated  as  soon  as  practicable 
and  to  secure  their  creditors.  The  congregation  at 
Plymouth  was  requested  to  defer  the  completion  of  their 
clnirch  for  the  present  unless  the  required  sum  can  be 
collected  at  home.  The  trustees  at  Shenandoah  were 
instructed  to  secure  their  church  in  a  legal  manner.  Per- 
mission to  collect  over  the  entire  conference  district 
for  a  new  church  edifice  was  granted  to  the  congrega- 
tion at  Germantown,  Pa. 

EDUCATION. 

In  view  of  the  depression  in  financial  circles,  and 
inasmuch  as  the  Conference  could  not  ao;ree  to 
send  out  a  college  agent  during  this  year,  it  was  re- 
solved that  the  secured  subscriptions  be  regarded  as 
valid  in  the  future,  and  that  it  is  the  continued  purpose 
of  the  Conference  to  carry  the  college  project  to  a  suc- 
cessful issue.  It  was  furthermore  resolved  that  al- 
though the  soliciting  of  subscriptions  be  suspended  dur- 
ing the  present  year,  it  shall  again  be  resumed  at  our 
next  annual  session  and  urged  forward  with  all  possible 


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energy  and  increased  zeal.  An  executive  committee 
was  appointed  to  confer  with  similar  committees  from 
other  conferences.  The  committee  were  :  Revs.  S.  S. 
Chiibh,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  J.  C.  Ilornberger,  II.  A.  Neitz, 
and  Messrs.  Jno.  Swab,  F.  G.  Boas,  and  M.  B.  Shadt. 
The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
college  agent  for  the  past  year,  reported  the  following : 
Salary,  rent  and  expenses  of  agent,  $1,235  ;  total 
amount  of  cash  collected,  $803,85  ;  borrowed  from  the  ed- 
ucational fund,  $173.93 ;  amount  due  the  agent,  $257.22  ; 
total  amount  secured  by  subscriptions  during  the  year, 
$10,392.58.  C.  S.  Haman,  C.  K.  Fehr,  and  D.  A. 
Medlar  were  appointed  examiners  for  five  years. 

MEMORIALS. 

During  the  past  year  J.  J,  High,  a  member  of  this 
Conference,  was  taken  from  our  ministerial  ranks.  He 
was  a  man  of  deep  piety,  of  gentle  demeanor,  and  of 
winning  qualities  of  chara'jter,  sweetly  singing,  preach- 
ing, and  confessing  a  full  salvation  from  all  sin  through 
the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  We  rejoice  that  the  gospel 
he  preached,  abundantly  supported  him  in  his  dying 
hour. 

THE  SABBATH. 

Whereas,  Efforts  have  recently  been  made  to  pass  a 
bill  in  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania,  the  effects  of 
which  would  have  been  to  abolish  our  Sabbath  laws; 
and  Whereas,  The  Christian  sentiment  of  the  Legisla- 
ture prevented  the  passage  of  said  bill;  therefore 
Resolved.,  That  we  express  our  hearty  approval. 
temperance. 

It  is  the  sense  of  this   Conference  that  the  Church 


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[1877. 


Discipline  forbids  any  of  our  churcli  members  to  rent 
or  to  permit  the  use  of  any  of  their  property  for  the 
purpose  of  manufacturing  or  selling  spirituous  or  malt 
liquors,  and  that  wherever  and  whenever  any  of  our 
members  are  gnilty  of  the  above  named  offence  they 
shall  be  dealt  with  as  if  they  were  actually  engaged  in 
selling  intoxicating  drinks  ;  and  in  case  tliey  refuse  to 
withdraw  their  property  from  such  unrighteous  pur- 
poses, they  shall  be  excluded  from  the  church. 

FINANCE. 

Beceij)ts  : 

From  the  conference  collections $765.52 

"       "     publishing  house .-   120.71 

"       "     Charitable  Society 356.10 

$1,242.63 

Expendihires  : 

Amount  paid  to  conference  claimants.  1,242.36 

MISSIONARY  APPROPRIATIONS 


Philadelphia    8th    St. 

Miss $350 

Norristown  Miss. ...  75 

Pottstown  Miss 200 

Keading  9th  St.  Miss.  100 
Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 100 

Lancaster  Miss 350 

Lebanon  Miss 400 

Harrislnirg  Miss..  .  .  .  450 

Halifax  Miss. 50 

Sunbury  Miss 200 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Miss 225 


Frackville  Miss $350 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 275 

North    Al  lentown 

Miss 250 

East  Allentown  Miss.  300 

Eniaus  Miss 100 

Lehighton  Miss 225 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss..  100 
Wilkesbarre  Miss...  .  300 
Easton  Miss 250 


$4,650 


1877.] 


THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE. 


287 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District.— J.  M.Saylor, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sth  St.  IMiss.— J.  Bowman. 
Germautown  Sra.— J.  K.  Seyfrlt. 
Norristown  Miss.— P.  Hoffman. 
Trappe  Cir.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Pottstown  Misa.  -  Thomas  Harper. 
Birrlsboro  Oil'.— L.  E.  Leslie. 
Montgomery  Cir.— A.  Ziegenfus  andF. 

Smith. 
Milford  Cir.— D.  Lentz. 
Conestoga  Cir.— G.  D.  Swpigert. 
Friedensburg  Cir  —J.  Zeru. 
Fleetwood  Sta.— A.  Shultz. 
Reading  Chestnut  St.  Sta.— U.  H.  Her- 

shey. 

Reading  Bistrict.— CSf.  Haman,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sth  St.  Sta.— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Reading  9th  St.  J/Iiss.— Isaac  Hess. 
Adamstown  Cir  — F.  Seehrist. 
Brownstown  Cir. — H.  Kempfer. 
Lititz  and  Manheim  Miss. — J.  AI.  Op- 
linger. 
Lancaster  Sta. — II.  R.  Yost. 
Lancaster  Miss.— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Cresweli  Cir. — Jos.  Specht. 
Millersville  Cir.— A.  A.  Belong. 
Falrville  Sta.— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— W.  L.  Black. 
Myerstown  Cir.— C.  S.  Brown. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— B.  Butz. 

Harrisburg   District.— C.   K.  Fe?ir, 
P.  E. 

Lebanon  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornherger. 
Lebanon  Miss.— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Annville  Sta.— A.  Krecker. 
Mt.  Nebo  Cir.— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Harri.sburg  Miss.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Dauphin  Cir.  —A.  Markley. 
Halifax  Miss.— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Millersburg  Sta.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Williamstown  Cir.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Lykens  Cir.— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Berrysburg  Cir.— J.  S.  Newhart. 
UniontowQ  Cir.— B.  H.  Miller  and  J.  H. 

Shirey. 
Sunbury  Miss.— G.  W.  Moore. 
Shamokin  Sta.— W.  A.  Leopold. 


Mahantongo  Cir.— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Tremont  Cir.— E.  Fordman. 

Pottsville  District—/.  E.Knerr,  P.E. 
Pottsville  Sta.— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Miss.— C.  H.  Egge. 
Cressona  Cir. — W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Pine  Grove  Sta.— 8.  S.  Chubb. 
Orwigsburg  Sta.— F.  Krecker. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Frackville  Miss. — J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Ashland  Sta. — A.  Dilabar. 
Shenandoah  Sta.— E.  J.  Miller. 
Mt.  Carmel  Mi.=s.— A.  M.  Sampsel. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
IVIahoning  Cir.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Hazleton  Sta.— J.  M.  Rinker. 

Allentown  District— S.  Xeiiz,  P.  E. 

Allentown  Linden  St.  Sta.  —  R.  M. 
Lichtenwalner. 

Allentown  Turner  St.  Sta.— B.  D.  Al- 
bright. 

North  Allentown  Miss.— J.  Laros. 

Emaus  Miss.— G.  T.  Haines. 

Lehigh  Cir.— C.  H.  Baker. 

Slatington  Cir. — M.  Dissinger. 

Parryville  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner. 

Wei.ssport  Sta.— J.  K.  Knerr. 

Lehighton  Miss. — J.  C.  Bliem. 

Mauch  Chunk  Miss.— I.  W.  Yeakel. 

Kutztown  Cir.— D.  S.  Stauffer. 

Bethlehem  District— X  0.  Lehr,  P.E. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— L.  Snyder. 
Freemansburg  Sta.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Easton  Miss.— S.  C.  Breyfi.>gel. 
Pleasant  VaHey  Cir.— D.  Yingst  and  J. 

W.  Woehrle. 
Bangor  Cir.— H.  J.  Glick. 
Bath  Cir.— G.  W.  Gross. 
Ackermanville  Cir.— T.  A.  Hess. 
Middle  Creek  Cir.— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Stroudsburg  Cir.- H.  D.  Shultz. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 
Catasauqua  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Berlinsville  Cir.— W.  H.  VVeidner. 
Wilkesbarre  Miss.— A.  Kindt. 
East  Allentown  Miss.— D.  Z.  Kembel. 


288  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1878. 

1878. 

The  Thirty-Ninth  {71st)  Anmial  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary,  J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  B.  J.  Smojer  and  G.  "W.  Gross. 

The  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  met  in  the  Salem 
Evangelical  church,  Heading,  Pa.,  Eebruarj  27th, 
1878,  to  hold  its  thirty-ninth  annual  session.  The 
president  appointed  the  following  standing  commit- 
tees: On  Public  Worship, —  C.  S.  Human,  J.  M. 
Saylor,  B.  F.  Bohner,  U.  H.  ITershey,  and  Isaac  Hess  ; 
On  Letters,— The  Bishop,  G.  T.  Haines,  A.  Shultz,  D. 
Z.  Kerabel,  A.  Ziegenf us,  D.  Yingst,  and  F.  Hoffman  ; 
On  Quarterly  Conference  Records, — F.  Hoffman,  F. 
Krecker,  J.  Adams,  J.  Specht,  H.  Stoetzel,  E.  Butz, 
and  J.  M.  Metzgar;  On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop  and 
the  presiding  elders;  On  Finance, — B.  J.  Smoyer,  C. 
H.  Egge,  J.  Bowman,  J.  M.  Oplitiger,  and  D.  S. 
Stauffer  ;  On  Statistics, — S.  L.  Wiest,  D.  A.  Medlar, 
H.  E.  Yost,  J.  M.  Rinker,  S.  T.  Leopold,  and  A.  A. 
Delong ;  On  Education, — S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  K.  Knerr, 
J.  C.  Bliem,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  A.  M.  Stirk,  O.  L.  Saylor, 
and  B.  H.  Miller  ;  On  Ways  and  Means, — L.  Snyder, 
C.  H.  Baker,  Seneca  Breyfogel,  A.  Kindt,  W.  A.  Leo- 
pold, M.  Dissinger,  F.  P.  Lehr,  and  W.  PL  Weidner. 
A  reportorial  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of 
W.  K.  Wieand,  J.  H.  Shirey,  J.  A.  Feger,  H,  J.  Glick, 
and  A.  Krecker. 

Credentials  were  granted  to  J.  F.  Wolilfarth,  F.  E. 
Erdman,  and  L.  E.  Leslie.  Joseph  Moyer,  local 
preacher,   withdrew    from    the    church.     An    itinerant 


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minister  was  deposed,  and  excluded  from  the  cliurch,  and 
a  local  preacher  suspended  from  all  hisofhcial  functions 
for  one  year.  J.  Adams  and  F.  F.  Lehr  changed  their 
relation  from  supernumerary  to  active.  S.  Neitz  re- 
signed his  presiding  eldersliip.  C.  S.  Haman  and  C.  K. 
Fehr  were  re-elected  to  the  ofhce  of  Fresiding  Elder. 
S.  T.  Leopold,  A.  Krecker,  H.  D.  Shultz,  I.  J.  Reitz, 
G.  D.  Sweigert,  and  A.  Dilabar  were  ordained  to  the 
office  of  Elder;  J.  H.  Shirey,  J.  W.  Woehrle,  F.  E. 
Erdman,  W.  Minsker,  and  W.  Wagner,  to  the  office  of 
Deacon.  The  following  received  license  as  preachers 
on  trial:  Jacob  Keller,  Nathan  A.  Burr,  James  M. 
Shoop,  Albert  D.  Light,  James  D,  AVoodring,  A.  S. 
Steltz,  A.  L.  Yeakel,  and  Charles  W.  Snyder.  The 
supernumeraries  were:  N.  Goebel,  D.  Wieand,  J.  Gross, 
D.  Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  W.  Heim,  S.  P.  Eeinoehl,  C. 
Gingrich,  S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  G.  B.  Fisher,  and  Seneca 
Breyfogel.  Tiie  conference  claimants  were:  G.  B. 
Fisher,  N.  Goel^el,  H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Gross,  S.  P.  Eein- 
oehl, D.  Wieand,  C.  Gingrich,  Sisters  Schnerr,  Ehoads, 
liesser,  Meyers,  and  Schell,  and  two  children  of  J.  J. 
High.  Bishops  Keuben  Yeakel  and  Thomas  Bowman 
were  cordially  welcomed  by  the  Conference, 

It  was  decided  that  it  is  within  the  power  of  the 
quarterly  conference  to  confirm  or  reject  the  amount 
of  salary  agreed  upon  by  the  stewards,  provided  such 
action  is  in  harmony  with  a  resolution  of  annual  Con- 
ference adopted  at  Tamaqua  in  1873. 

The  following  was  adopted:  Whereas,  According 
to  our  Church  Discipline  the  gain  of  our  book  estab- 
lishment, not  needed  for  carrying  on  the  business, 
shall  be  devoted  to  the  support  of  indigent  preachers, 


290  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS.  [1878. 

and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  preachers  ;  and, 
Whereas,  Ten  thousand  dollars  of  this  money  has  been 
loaned  to  the  Germany  Conference  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  a  publishing  house  in  Germany;  therefore,  be  it 
Resolved^  That  we  regard  the  action  of  the  bo;ird  of 
publication  in  giving  this  loan  as  illegal,  and  that  we, 
as  a  Conference,  demand  our  share  of  the  said  ten  thou- 
sand dollars  for  the  use  of  our  supernumeraries,  and  the 
widows  and  orphans  of  deceased  preacliers. 

BOUNDARIES. 

The  Conference  was  divided  into  five  presiding  elder 
districts.  Landsdale  was  taken  from  Plvmouth  Mission 
and  annexed  to  Montgomery  Circuit.  Tower  City, 
Reiner  City,  and  Salem  were  transferred  from  "Wil- 
liams Valley  Circuit  to  Tremont  Circuit,  and  Wil- 
liamstown,  Dayton,  Wiconisco,  and  Lykens  retained 
the  of  name  Williamstown  Circuit.  Halifax  Mission 
was  annexed  to  Berrysburg  Circuit.  Mt.  Carmel  Mis- 
sion was  plnced  under  the  charge  of  Sbaraokin  Station, 
to  be  supplied  if  practicable.  Port  Carbon  was  taken 
from  Fottsville  Station  and  annexed  to  Orwiffsburo;  Sta- 
tion.  Barnesville  was  taken  from  Tamaqua  Station  and 
annexed  to  Mahanoy  City  Station.  Eraaus  Mission 
was  changed  into  a  station,  and  Yera  Cruz  class  was 
taken  from  Milford  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Emaus  Sta- 
tion. Williams  Township  was  taken  from  Pleasant  Val- 
ley Circuit  and  annexed  to  Easton  Mission.  Miller's 
class  was  taken  from  Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit  and  an- 
nexed to  Freemansburg  Station.  East  Stroudsburg, 
Union  Church,  and  Paradise  were  constituted  a  mission, 
to   be    called  Stroudsburg  Mission.     Snydersville,  St 


1878.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  291 

John's,  and  Woehrle's  classes  were  annexed  to  Middle 
Creek  Circuit.  Mauch  Chunk  and  Weissport  were  con- 
stituted one  field  of  labor,  to  be  called  Weissport  and 
Mauch  Chunk  Station.  Ackermantown  Circuit  and 
Bath  were  united  into  one  field  of  lal)or,  called  Bath 
Circuit.  Lyons  Avas  transferred  from  Friedensburii:  Cir- 
cuit to  Kutztown  Circuit.  AVhite  Haven  was  taken 
from  Mauch  Chunk  and  annexed  to  Wilkesl)arre  Mis- 
sion. Sunbnrj  Mission  was  connected  with  Uniontown 
Circuit. 

CHURCH   AFFAIRS. 

The  Conference  appointed  C.  K.   Fehr,  J.  O.  Lehr, 
A.  Kindt,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  and  B.  D.  Albright,  a  commit- 
tee to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the    Scranton  Mission. 
The  Church  Building  Society  was  requested  to  loan  to 
the  congregation  at  Shenandoah  the  amount  in  the  hands 
of  the  treasurer.     The   quarterly  conference  of  Cres- 
well  Circuit  received  permission  to  sell  the  Washington 
church  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  to   pay  the  debt  on 
the    Pittsburg    chni-ch.     The  quarterly    conference  of 
Womelsdorf  Circuit  received  permission  to  dispose  of 
the    Strausstown    church    and    to    apply    the    proceeds 
wherever  most  needed  on  the   circuit.     The  church   at 
Ackermanville  being  a  union  church  without  a  deed  or 
legal  agreement,  it  w^as  recommended  that  this  church 
be  sold  by  the  sheriff  so  that  whoever  desires  to  pur- 
chase it  can  procure  a  sheriff's  deed.     There  being  a 
debt  on  the  church  at  Summit  Hill  of  $115.00,  which 
must  be  paid  by  April  1st,  1878,  the  church  was  recom- 
mended to  tiie  favor  of  the  members  of  Mahoning   Cir- 
cuit with  tiie  expectation  that  they  pay  the  debt.     Con- 
ference sanctioned  the  sale  of  the   Leesport  church  to 


292  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS.  [1878. 

ten  brethren,  who  promised  to  hold  the  property  lor  five 
years,  to  be  redeemed  at  no  advance  in  price.  The 
affairs  of  the  Harrisburg  Mission  church  were  referred 
to  a  committee  of  three,  consisting  of  C.  S.  Ilaman,  J, 
A.  Feger,  and  J.  C.  Hornberger.  The  financial  troubles 
of  the  Hamburg  Mission  church  were  referi-ed  to  a 
committee  of  three,  consisting  of  I.  E.  Knerr,  Bishop 
Bowman,  and  the  preacher  in  cliarge.  The  treasurer 
of  the  Missionary  Society  was  instructed  to  pay  the  in- 
terest on  the  del)t  of  the  church  at  East  AUentown, 
upon  condition  that  the  money  be  paid  back  out  of  the 
funds  collected  throughout  the  bounds  of  the  Confer- 
ence for  the  liquidation  of  the  debt.  The  preacher  in 
charge  and  the  presiding  elder  are  to  be  held  respon- 
sible for  the  mauiigement  of  the  finances  of  this  church 
in  the  future.  Plymouth  church,  Montgomery  Circuit, 
received  permission  to  collect  money  on  Philadelphia 
district.  It  was  decided  that  the  parsonage  at  Millers- 
ville,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  is  the  property  of  Lancaster 
Circuit  as  it  was  constituted  in  April,  1864:.  The  fol- 
lowing named  churches  received  permission  to  Ijorrow 
money  toward  the  payment  of  church  debts :  Albany, 
Schuylkill  Circuit,  §350.00;  Tower  City,  $150.00; 
Blandon,  §350.00;  Drehersville,  $250.00;  and  Sliam- 
rock,  $691.00. 

EDUCATION. 

It  having  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Conference 
that  there  is  a  property,  suitable  for  a  higher  institution 
of  learning,  situated  in  Mt.  Cartnel,  and  that  the  same 
might  be  obtained  gratis  by  our  church  for  such  pur- 
pose, a  committee  of  live  was  appointed  to  inrpiire 
whether  the  above  mentioned  property  can  be  procured 


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293 


for  such  purpose,  and  so  as  not  to  place  the  Conference 
under  any  monetary  obligations;  committee,  C.  S.  Ha- 
man,  I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  S,  Chubb,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  and 
A.  M.  Stirk.  This  committee  was  empowered  to  or- 
ganize and  conduct  a  school,  provided  that  it  will  not 
cost  more  than  81,000;  that  this  amount  be  pledged  by 
the  members  of  Conference;  and  that  one  or  more 
neighboring  conferences  will  co-operate  in  word  and 
deed  so  that  a  faculty  of  three  efficient  teachers  can  be 
employed.  This  committee,  or  a  representative  of  the 
same,  was  instructed  to  lay  the  matter  before  the  Cen- 
tral, Atlantic,  and  Pittsburg  conferences.  B.  J.  Smoyer, 
A.  M.  Stirk,  and  J.  K.  Knerr  were  elected  examiners 
for  five  years. 

FINANCE. 

lieceipts  : 

From  conference  collections .  .  $757.69 

"      the  publishing  house   375.00 

"    Charitable  Society 331.65 

$1,464.34 

Exjyenditures : 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 1,464.34 

The  Conference  obligated  itself  to  raise  funds  for  the 
conference  claimants  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  for  every 
church  member  within  the  bounds  of  the  East  Pa.  Con- 
ference. 

MISSIONAKY    APPEOPKIATIONS. 


Philadelphia  Miss...  $350 
ISTorristow-n    Miss. .  .  .   100 

Plymouth  Miss 125 

Pottstown  Miss 175 


Reading  9th  St.  Miss.l  75 
Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 100 

Lancaster  Miss 350 


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[1878. 


Lebanon  Miss $350 

Harrisburg  Miss ....   400 
Schuylkill    Raven 

Miss 225 

Frackville  Miss 350 

Nth.  Allentown  Miss.  225 


East  Allentown  Miss.$300 

Leliighton  Miss 200 

Wilkesbarre  Miss...   225 

Easton  Miss 200 

Stroudsburg  Miss ....    150 


$3,900 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  Distkict— cT.  O.  LeUr, 

P.  E. 
Phila.  '■th  St.  Miss. — J.  K.  Knerr. 
Germautown  Sta. — H.  A.  Neitz. 
Norristown  Miss.— B.  F.  Boliner. 
Plymoiitli  Miss.— -T.  H.  Shirey. 
Trappe  Cir.— J.  G.  Sands. 
Milford  Cir. — D.  Lentz. 
Montgomery  Cir. — A.  Ziegenfus  and  F. 

Smitli. 
Pleasant  Valley  Cir.— D.  Yingst. 
Bethlehem  Sta.— L.  Snyder. 
Freemansburg  Sta.— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Easton  Miss. — S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Bath  and  Ackermantown  Cir.— G.  W. 

Gross  and  J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Bangor  Cir.— H.  J.  Click. 
Middle  Creek  Cir.— I.  W.  Yeakel. 
Stroudsburg  Miss.— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Wayne  Cir.— J.  Savitz. 

Allentown  District— C.  K.  Fehr, 
P.  E. 

Allentown  Linden  St.  Sta.— R.  M. 
Lichtenwaluer. 

Allentown  Turner  St.  Sta.— J.  Bow- 
man. 

Allentown  Liberty  St.  Miss.— J.  Laros. 

Allentown  1st  Ward  Miss.— D.  Z.  Kem- 
bel. 

Lehigh  dr.— C.  11.  Baker. 

Emaus  Sta.— F.  Hoffman. 

Catasauqua  Sta.— G.  T.  Haines. 

Slatington  Sta.— M.  Dissinger. 

Berlinsville  Cir.— W.  H.  Weidner. 

Parryville  Cir.— J.  L.  Werner. 


Weissport  and  Mauch  Chunk.— J.  K. 

Seyfrit. 
Lehighton  Miss.- B.  D.  Albright. 
Hazleton  Sta.— J.  M.  Rinker. 
Mahoning  Cir.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Wilkesbarre  Miss. — A.  Kindt. 

Reading  District— J^.  3/.  Saylor,  P.  E. 

Reading  8th  St.  Sta.— S.  Neitz. 

Reading  Chestnut  St.  Sta.— W.  A.  Leo- 
pold. 

Reading  9th  St.  Miss.— T.  Iless. 

Friedensburg  Cir.— J.  Zern. 

Pottstown  Miss. — T.  llaiiier. 

Birdsboro  Cir.— T.  A.  Hess. 

Adamstown  Cir.— H.  R.  Yost. 

Fairville  Sta.— A.  W.  Warfel. 

Brownstown  Cir.— II.  Kempfer. 

Lititz  and  Manheim  Miss. — J.  M.  Op- 
liuger. 

Lancaster  Sta.— J.  Adams. 

Lancaster  Miss.— O.  L.  Saylor. 

Millersville  Cir.— U.  H.  Ilershey. 

Creswell  Cir.- J.  Specht. 

Conestoga  Cir. — G.  D.  Sweigert. 

Harrisburg  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Lebanon  Miss.— A.  M.  St  irk. 
Myerstown  Cir. — C.  S.  Brown. 
Womelsdorf  Cir.— F.  Sechrist. 
Kutztown  Cir.— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Fleetwood  Sta. — A.  Schultz. 
Annville  Sta.— A  A.  Delong. 
Mt.  Nebo  Cir.— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Dauphin  Cir.— A.  Markley.* 


•In  the  Fall  of  1S78  this  appointment  became  vacant  and  J.  W.  Hoover  was 
appointed  to  till  the  place  of  A.  Markley  until  the  next  annual  session. 


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295 


Harrisburg  Miss.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Millersburg  Sta.— W.  K.  Wicand. 
Berrysburg  Cir.— W.  L.  Black. 
Williamstown  Cir.— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Tremont  Cir.— L.  N.  Worman. 
Pine  Grove  Sta.— S.  S.  Cliubb. 

POTTSViLi.E   District—/.   E.     Knerr, 

P.  JH. 
Pottsville  Sta.— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Scliuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  B.  Brown. 
Schuylkill  Uaven  Miss.- C.  H.  Egge. 
Cressona  Cir.— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 


Orwigsburg  and  Port  Carbon  Cir.— F. 

Krecker. 
Schuylkill  Cir.— E.  Butz. 
Tamaqua  Sta.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Mahanoy  City  Sta.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Shenandoah  City  Sta.— E.  J.  Miller. 
Ashland  Sta. — A.  Dilabar. 
Frackville  Miss. — J.  N.  Metzgar. 
SUamokin  Sta.— J.  C.  Blieui. 
Mt.  Carmel  Miss.— N.  A.  Barr. 
Uniontown  Cir.  and  Sunbury  Miss.— B. 

H.  Miller  and  A.  Krecker. 
Mahantongo  Cir.— S.  T.  Leopold. 


1879. 

The  Fortieth   {72d)  Annual  Session. 

President^  Bishop  R.  Dubs. 

Secretary^  J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  B.  J.  Smojer  and  G.  W.  Gross. 

The  Conference  met  in  the  Linden  Street  Evangelical 
church,  Allentown,  Pa.,  February  26th,  1879.  The 
pn  sident  appointed  the  following  standing  committees : 
On  Letters,— The  Bishop,  G.  T.  Haines,  A.  Schultz,  T. 
Harper,  A.  Ziegenfus,  D.  Yingst,  and  F.  Hoffmao ;  On 
Public  Worship,— C.  K.  Fehr,  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  J. 
Bowman,  J.  Laros,  and  D.  Z.  Kembel;  On  Boun- 
daries,— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On  Quar- 
terly Conference  Records, — S.  Neitz,  F.  Hoffman,  F. 
P.  Lehr,  J.  Specht,  A.  Kindt,  and  F.  Sechrist ;  On  Fi- 
nance,—J.  K.  Knerr,  C.  H.  Egge,  B.  F.  Bohner,  J.  G. 
Sands,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  and  S.  T.  Leopold;  On  Statis- 
tics,—S.  L.  Wiest,  W.  A.  Leopold,  H.  A.  Neitz,  O.  L. 
Saylor,  J.  M.  Riiiker,  and  H.  R.  Yost;  On  Church  Af- 
fairs,—J.  C.  Bliem,  C.  H.  Baker,  D.  Y^ingst,  Isaac 
Hess,  W.  H.  Weidner,  J.  L.  Werner,  and  E.  Butz ;  On 


296  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1879. 

Education,— S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  U.  H.  Hershej, 
J.  M.  Opliiiger,  J.  S.  Newhart,  and  J.  A.  Feger;  On 
Sabbath  atid  Temperance, — A.  M.  Stirk,  W.  A.  Shoe- 
maker, J.  N.  Metzgar,  E.  J.  Miller,  and  D.  S.  Stauffer  ; 
On  Memorials, — F.  Krecker,  S.  B.  Brown,  L.  N.  Wor- 
man,  H.  Stoetzel,  B.  D.  Albright,  and  A.  A.  Delong. 

F.  B.  Copp,  local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the 
church.  A.  Marklej  located  on  account  of  bodily  in- 
firmities. A.  Schultz  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  one 
year  without  an  appointment.  G.  B.  Fisher  changed 
his  relation  from  supernumeraiy  to  active.  Credentials 
were  granted  to  L.  Snyder,  M.  Dissinger,  W.  H.  Bach- 
man,  G.  W.  Moore,  and  C.  W.  Snyder.  S.  P.  Rein- 
oehl,  H.  Kempfer,  J.  Breidenstein,  and  W.  Heim,  itin- 
erants, and  J.  Bertolet  and  I.  Dissinger,  local  preach- 
ers, died  during  the  past  year.  G.  W.  Gross,  H.  J. 
Glick,  and  Dr.  F.  Krecker  were  ordained  to  the  office  of 
Elder;  F.  Smith  and  A.  M.  Sampsel,  to  the  ofiice  of 
Deacon,  and  received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  follow- 
ing -were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial :  George 
Swartz,  A.  E.  Gobble,  John  W.  Hoover,  Howard  H, 
Eomberger,  Jacob  L.  Guinther,  and  William  H.  Rinek. 
J.  S.  McNutt,  a  local  preacher  on  trial  in  the  M.  E. 
Church,  was  received  into  our  church  in  the  same  rela- 
tion. The  supernumeraries  were  N.  Goebel,  D.  Wieand, 
H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Gross,  D.  Berger,  C.  Gingrich,  S.  Ely, 
J.  Frey,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel. 

The  following  were  reported  as  conj-erence  claimants  : 
IST.  Goebel,  H,  Stoetzel,  J.  Gross,  D.  Wieand,  0.  Ging- 
rich, Sisters  Schnerr,  Hesser,  Rhoads,  Meyers,  Shell, 
Kempfer,  and  the  two  children  of  J.  J.  High.  On  be- 
half of  Sister   Heim,  W.  K.  Wieand  presented  to  the 


1879.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  297 


Conference  the  library  of  her  deceased  husband,  Eev. 
W.  Heim,  whereupon  a  suitable  resolution  of  thanks 
was  adopted.  Among  the  recommendations  to  General 
Conference  were  the  following :  1st,  With  reference 
to  preachers  being  connected  with  oath-bound  societies — 
affirmative,  3;  negative,  81.  2d,  With  reference  to  as- 
sistant class-leaders — affirmative,  0 ;  negative,  80.  The 
following  rules  for  the  examination  of  junior  preachers 
were  adopted :  A  uniform  method  shall  be  observed  by 
all  examiners ;  the  degree  of  merit  of  each  student  shall 
be  indicated  by  the  figures  1  to  100;  no  one  shall  be 
passed  from  a  lower  to  a  higher  class,  or  be  ordained, 
who  has  a  less  average  than  75 ;  all  applicants  for  li- 
cense shall  be  present  for  examination  in  the  studies  of 
the  first  year ;  the  different  examining  committees  shall 
report  each  year  in  writing;  the  stationing  committee 
shall  select  from  such  appli(;ants  only  as  are  favorably 
reported  by  the  respective  committees.  On  motion  of 
H.  A.  Neitz,  the  preachers  in  charge  were  instructed  to 
report  their  annual  conference  statistics  to  the  first 
quarterly  conference  of  the  year,  and  in  case  there  is  no 
regular  church  record  on  the  charge,  to  record  the  sta- 
tistics in  the  quarterly  confeience  minutes.  S.  B. 
Brown  having  asked  for  a  letter  of  dismissal,  in  order 
to  join  the  Kansas  Conference,  and  A.  Krecker  hav- 
ing been  appointed  by  the  executive  committee  of 
the  board  of  missions  to  labor  on  thePacific  Coast,  the 
Conference  expressed  its  deep  regret  at  parting  with 
these  brethren,  and  granted  to  them  the  desired  certifi- 
cates of  dismissal.  S.  S.  Chubb  was  elected  conference 
treasurer. 

The  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the   General 

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298  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1879, 


Conference  :  C.  S.  Haman,  I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  Neitz,  J. 
O.  Lehr,  C.  K.  Fehr,  J.  M.  Saylor,  J.  C.  Hornberger, 
and  B.  F.  Bohner;  alternates,  S.  S.  Chubb,  B.  J. 
Smoyer,  and  C.  H.  Baker.  It  was  resolved  that  a  col- 
lection be  taken  up  in  the  month  of  June  at  each  ap- 
pointment, to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  delegates  to 
General  Conference.  W.  F.  Schneider,  General  Book 
Agent,  addressed  the  Conference  in  the  interests  of  our 
publishing  house.  T.  G.  Clewell,  formerly  a  member 
of  this  Conference,  was  introduced  and  delivered  an 
address. 

The  Conference  resolved  to  raise  forty  cents  per 
member  for  the  missionary  cause  and  eight  cents  per 
member  for  our  superannuated  preachers  this  year. 
Each  ministerial  district  convention  was  instructed  to 
apportion  the  sum  total  of  the  district  among  the  several 
charges.  The  pastors  of  stations  and  missions  were  in- 
structed to  devote  at  least  one  Sabbath  to  the  missionary 
cause.  To  merely  lift  a  basket  collection  was  declared 
insufficient.  The  preachers  on  circuits  were  urged  to 
organize  a  missionary  auxiliary  at  each  appointment.  It 
was  made  the  duty  of  tlie  presiding  officer  of  the  Con- 
ference to  inquire  of  each  member,  during  the  investiga- 
tion, whether  he  has  done  his  duty  in  reference  to  the 
benevolent  collections.*  The  delegates  were  instructed 
to  ask  General  Conference  to  so  change  our  Church 
Discipline  as  to  secure  a  more  equitable  distribution  of 
the  proceeds  of  the  book  establishment  and  of  the  Char- 
itable Society.  The  Conference  decided  that  a  preacher 
in  charge  may  secure  votes  in  private  for  any  purpose 


•These  resolutions,  with  some  changes  and  amendments,  have  continued  in 
force  to  the  present  time. 


1879.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  299 

pertaining  to  clmrch  building,  provided  a  public  meet- 
ing orders  him  to  do  so.  A  committee  was  appointed 
to  secure  and  to  put  in  order  tlie  grave  of  Eev.  J. 
Walter. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Miller's  class  and  Ackermantown  were  taken  from 
Bath  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Bangor  Circuit.  Hower- 
town  was  detached  from  Bath  Circuit  and.  annexed  to 
Berlinsville  Circuit.  Mauch  Chunk  was  taken  from 
"Weissport  Station  and  attached  to  Mahoning  Circuit, 
the  whole  to  be  called  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit.  Turkey 
Hill  was  taken  from  Conestoga  Circuit  and  connected 
with  Fairville  Station.  Fleetwood  Station  was  annexed 
to  Friedensburg  Circuit.  Halifax  was  taken  from 
Berrysburg  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Millersburg  Station. 
Mt.  Carmel  Mission  was  annexed  to  Ashland  Station. 
Trevorton,  Little  Mahanoj,  Mahanoj,  Fisher's  Ferry, 
Sunbury,  Seven  Points,  and  Irish  Yalley  were  taken 
from  Uniontown  Circuit  and  formed  into  a  new  charge, 
called  Trevorton  Circuit.  Barnesville  was  transferred 
from  Mahanoy  City  to  Tamaqua. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Allentown  Turner  St.  church 
received  permission  to  grant  anew  mortgage  of  $1,100, 
and  a  second  mortgage  of  S500.  Conference  cDufirmed 
the  giving  of  a  certain  mortgage  on  the  church  at  Pe- 
quea.  Zion  church,  Mt.  Nebo  Circuit,  received  per- 
mission to  sell  lots  on  their  burial  ground,  the  proceeds 
to  be  applied  to  church  purposes.  The  financial  diffi- 
culties of  the  churches  at  Summit  Hill  and  Ackerman- 
town w^ere  referred  to  their  respective  presiding  elders 


oOO  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1879. 

and  the  preachers  in  cliarge.  The  so(;iet_y  at  Bolich's 
church  was  instructed  to  pay  the  claims  of  W.  H. 
Weidner  forthwith.  The  iinancial  difficulties  of  the 
church  at  Shenandoah  City  were  referred  for  adjustment 
to  a  committee  consisting  of  I.  E.  Knerr,  C.  K.  Fehr, 
and  J.  O.  Lehr,  providing  the  trustees  of  s;iid  church 
enter  into  a  written  agreement  to  surrender  the  affairs 
into  the  liands  of  this  committee.  The  Bishop  of 
the  district,  the  presiding  elders  of  tlie  Confer- 
ence, the  preacher  in  charge  of  the  mission,  and  the 
preacher  in  charge  of  Germantown  Station,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  on  the  Philadelphia  Mission.  This 
committee  was  empowered  to  authorize  the  trustees  to 
dispose  of  the  church  property,  and  with  the  proceeds 
locate  and  erect  a  church  building  in  a  naore  suitable 
and  advantageous  place,  whenever  they  have  an  oppor- 
tunit}''  to  do  so.  The  Conference  ordered  that  the  pro- 
ceeds from  the  sale  of  the  Strausstown  church  be  placed 
into  the  hands  of  the  presiding  elder  and  given  to  Bern- 
ville  church  as  a  loan.  Permission  was  given  to 
churches  to  borrow  money  and  give  security  as  follows : 
Lyons,  Kutztown  Circuit,  $300;  Catasauqua,  $1,300; 
Schuylkill  Haven  Mission,  $900;  Wilkesbaire,  $750; 
and  Eighth  Str.,  Philadelphia,  $500.  The  following 
congregations  received  permission  to  collect  for  their 
churches :  Coaldale,  in  Pottsville  District,  for  a  debt 
of  $630;  East  Greenville  and  Bath,  in  Pliiladelphia 
District.  It  was  resolved  that  German  preaching  in  the 
church  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  shall  not  be  dispensed 
with  so  long  as  ten  votes  out  of  one  hundred  members 
desire  by  a  vote  at  a  special  meeting  to  continue  Ger- 
man preaching. 


1879.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  301 

EDUCATION. 

The  Conference  resolved  to  organize  an  Educational 
Society  to  be  duly  incorporated  for  the  purpose  of  ad- 
vancing our  educational  interests.  District  ministerial 
and  Suaday-school  conventions  were  urgently  recom- 
mended in  the  place  of  the  annual  Sunday-school  con- 
vention, which  was  discontinued.  The  International 
Series  of  Lessons  was  commended  to  all  the  Sunday- 
schools  of  the  Conference  as  a  most  efficient  method  of 
Bible  study.  The  teacihers  and  workers  of  our  scho  )ls 
were  requested  to  procure  the  Sunday-school  literature 
of  our  churcli. 

S.  C.  Breyfogel,  I.  E.  Knerr,  and  J.  C.  Hornherger 
were  elected  examiners  for  five  years.  B.  F.  Bohner,  J. 
G.  Sands,  and  H.  A.  Neitz  were  elected  to  examine  ap- 
plicants for  the  itinerancy. 

MEMORIALS. 

The  following  memorial  was  erected  to  the  memory 
of  our  departed  brethren : 

Father  John  Breidenstein  was  one  of  our  oldest 
pioneer  preachers.  He  was  very  eloquent,  and  possessed 
the  happy  gift  of  fascinating  large  congregations  for 
hours  during  his  discourses,  so  that  it  was  a  common 
occurrence  that  hundreds  of  souls  were  melted  to  tears, 
many  of  whom  fell  prostrate  before  the  Lord,  and  cried 
for  mercy  and  pardon. 

Wm.  Heim,  an  old  veteran  of  the  cross,  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  preachers  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Con- 
ference. He  bore  hardships  like  a  faithful  soldier  of 
our  Lord,  and  preached  the  everlasting  gospel  in  and 
out  of  season  to  the  salvation  of  many  precious  souls. 


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S.  P.  Reinoehl  passed  through  many  severe  bodily 
afflictions,  and  very  rehictantly  retired  from  active  ser- 
vice. He  was  a  man  of  brilliant  intellectual  qualities, 
of  rich  and  useful  attainments,  a  deep  thinker,  original 
in  his  discourses,  and  whose  preaching  was  universally 
appreciated, 

H.  Kerapfer  was  a  devoted  man  of  God,  an  ef- 
fectual preacher,  and  a  faithful  w^jrker.  He  served  the 
church  as  a  local  and  itinerant  preacher  for  the  space  of 
twenty-six  years,  leading  many  souls  to  Christ. 

J.  Bertolet,  a  local  preacher,  labored  with  success 
and  acceptability  for  many  years.  His  godly  life  ex- 
erted a  salutary  influence  on  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact, 

SABBATH    AND    TEMPERANCE. 

The  Conference  took  the  usual  high  moral  ground 
upon  the  questions  of  the  Sabbath  and  temperance.  It 
was  resolved  that  no  person  addicted  to  the  use  of 
tobacco  shall  hereafter  be  received  into  the  itinerancy. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts : 

Collections %    843.65 

Book  establishment 555.55 

Charitable   Society 248.40 


$1,647.60 

Expenditures : 

Paid  to  bishops  and  conference  claimants..  .    .    1,644.25 


Balance  in  treasury %        3.35 


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303 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 

Frackville  Miss $350 

Nth.  Allentown  Miss.  150 
East  Allentown  Miss.  325 
"              "           (In- 
terest)     100 


Philadelphia  Miss... $400 
Norristown  Miss.  ...      50 

Plymouth  Miss 175 

Pottstown  Miss 100 

Eeading  Miss 100 

Lancaster  Miss 325 

Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 75 

Lebanon  Miss 350 

Harrisbnrg  Miss 350 

Schuylkill    Haven 


Miss. 


200 


Lehighton  Miss 175 

Wilkesbarre  Miss....  325 

Easton  Miss 150 

Strondsbm-ff  Miss 200 


Total $3,900 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— i7.   O.  Lelir, 

P.E. 
Phila.  8th  Street  Miss.— J.  K.  Kiierr. 
Germantown  Sta.— H.  A.  Neitz. 
Norriistowii— B.  F.  Bonner. 
Plymouth— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Trappe— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Montgomery— A.  Ziegeufus,  N.  A.  Barr. 
Milford— U.  J.  Glick. 
Pleasant  Valley — W.  H.  Weklner. 
Bethlehem— K.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Freemansburg— J.  D.  Woodring. 
Easton— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Bath--G.  W.  Gross. 
Bangor — A.  Kindt. 
Middle  Creek— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Stroudsburg— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Wayne—  J.  W.  Woehrle. 

Allentown    District— C.    K.    Fehr, 

P.  E. 
Allentown,  Linden  Street— D.  Yingst. 

"  Turner    "       —J.  Bowman. 

"  First  Ward— W.  K.  Wieand. 

"  Liberty  Street— B.  H.  Miller. 


Lehigh— C.  H.  Baker. 
Emaus— F.  Hoffman. 
Cata.sauqua— G.  T.  Ilaines.' 
Slatington- J.  C.  Bliem. 
Berlinsville— D.  Leutz. 
Parryville— E.  Butz. 
Weissport— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Mauch  Chunk -H.  D.  Shultz. 
Lehighton— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Hazleton— J.  M.  Rinker. 
Wilkesbarre— J.  Savitz. 

Reading  District— y.  M.  Saylor,  P.  E. 
Reading  Eighth  Street— S.  Neitz. 
Reading  Chestnut  St.— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Reading  Ninth  Street— P.  P.  Lehr. 
Fiiedensburg— J.  Zern. 
Pottstown— F.  Krecker. 
Birdsboro— T.  A.  Hess. 
Adamstown— IL  R.  Yost. 
Fairville— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Brownstown— F.  Seclirist. 
Lititz  and  Manheim— J.  Specht. 
Lancaster  Sta.— J.  Adams. 
Lancaster  Miss.- O.  L.  Saylor. 


•In  the  latter  part  of  this  year  G.  T.  Haines  died,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel  was  ap- 
pointed to  take  his.place. 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS. 


[1879. 


MUlersville— U.  H.  Hershey. 
Creswell— T.  Harper. 
Conestoga— F.  Smith. 

Hakrisbubg  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Sta.— J.  C.  Hornberger. 
Lebanon  Miss.— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Myerstown— B.  V>.  Albright. 
Womelsdorf— L  He.ss. 
Kutztown— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Annville— A.  A.  Belong. 
Mt.  Nebo— C.  S.  Brown. 
Dauphin— J.  \V.  Hoover. 
Harrisburg— J.  A.  Peger. 
Millersburg— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Berrysburg- W.  L.  BlaoK. 
Williamstown- J.  S.  Newhart. 
Tremont— A.  M,  Sampsel. 
Pine  Grove— J.  M.  Oplinger. 


POTTSviLLE    District— /.    E.   Knen\ 

P.  E. 
Pottsville— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Sta.— S.  L.  Wiest. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Miss. — J.  G.  Sands. 
Cressona— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Orwigsburg  and  Port    Carbon — J.  R. 

Hensyl. 
Schuylkill— J.  Laros. 
Tam&qua— C.  H.  Egge. 
Mahanoy  City— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Shenandoah- E.  J.  Miller. 
Ashland— A.  Dilabar. 
Frackville— L.  N.  Worman. 
Shamokin— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Uniontown— J.  K.  Eehr. 
Trevorton— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Mahantougo— J.  L.  Werner. 


1879. 

The  General  Conference. 

Presidents,  Bishops  J.  J.  Esher,  E.  Yeakel,  R,  Dubs, 
and  T.  Bowman. 

Secretary,  C.  A.  Thomas. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  M.  Stamm, 
M.  Pfitzinger,  S.  Smith,  and  C.  W.  Anthony. 

Seventy-seven  delegates,  representing  twenty-one 
annual  conferences,  and  nine  ex-ojjicio  delega':es  as- 
sembled in  General  Conference  session  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  Illinois,  on  Tiiursday,  October  2d,  1879.*  The 
representatives  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference  were  all  in 
attendance. 

It  was  resolved  that  two  book  agents  be  elected,  who 
shall  have  equ^d  power,  rights,  and  prerogatives,  and  be 
equally  responsible  for  the  raan;igement  of  the  publish- 
*See  Preface  on  page  93. 


1S79.]         THE    EAST    PKNNSYLVANIA    CONFERI'^NCE.  305 

ing  house.  The  agent  first  elected  shall  be  the  senior 
in  the  tirm  and  shall  be  a  member  ex-officlo  of  General 
Conference  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Discipline.  Tiie  editors  of  the  Christliche  Botschafter 
and  the  Evamjelical  Messenger  each  received  an  annual 
allowance  of  $250.00  for  correspondence;  the  editors 
of  tlie  Evangelisclie  Magazin  and  the  Living  Epistle^ 
each,  $150.00.  The  bishops  and  editors  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  publish  an  English  hymn  book  with 
notes.  Appropriate  and  touching  memorial  resolutions 
were  adopted  with  reference  to  the  death  of  S.  G. 
Rhoads  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference,  C.  A.  Schnake  of 
the  Wisconsin  Conference,  and  W.  E.  Schneider,  Gen- 
eral Book  Agent.  The  elections  resulted  as  follows : 
Bishops,  J.  J.  Esher,  K.  Dubs,  and  T.  Bowman;  gen- 
eral book  agents,  M.  Lauer  and  W.  Yost ;  editm*  of  the 
Christliche  Botschafter^  W.  Horn ;  editor  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Messenger^  H.  B.  Hartzler ;  editor  of  the  Evan- 
gelische  Magazin  and  German  Sunday-school  Literature, 
C.  A.  Thomas ;  editor  of  the  Living  Epistle  and  Eng- 
lish Sunday-school  Literature,  H.  J.  Bowman ;  corre- 
sponding secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society,  S.  L. 
Wiest ;  editor  of  the  Evangelische  BotschaJ-ter  and 
Kinderfreund^  G.  Euessele;  general  book  agent 
of  our  publishins:  house  in  Germany,  J.  Walz ; 
superintendent  of  the  Orphans'  Home,  J.  Dries- 
bach.  S.  Neitz  was  elected  to  represent  the  East  Pa. 
Conference  in  the  board  of  publication.  T.  Linder,  G. 
Moyer,  and  G.  Boyer  were  elected  trustees  of  the 
Charitable  Society.  J.  C.  Hornberger  w^as  appointed 
fraternal  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church, 


306  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1880. 

The  following  statistics  of  the  entire  church  were  re- 
ported :  Itinerant  preachers,  909 ;  local  preachers, 
636;  members,  109,773;  churches,  1,434;  parsonages, 
449;  Sunday-schools,  1,918|-;  officers  and  teachers, 
20,553;  scholars,  118,640;  catechetical  classes,  646; 
catechumens,  8,455. 


1880. 

The  Forty -First  {7dd)  Annual  Sessicm. 

President,  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman. 

Secretary,  J.  C.  Hornberger. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  W.  A.  Leopold  and  S.  C.  Brey- 
fogel. 

The  forty-first  annual  session  of  the  East  Pa.  Confer- 
ence was  held  in  the  Evangelical  church  at  Weissport, 
Pa.,  beginning  on  Wednesday,  February  25th,  1880. 

The  following  were  the  standing  committees :  On 
Letters, — F.  Hoffman,  J.  Adams,  A.  Ziegenfiis,  Jos. 
Specht,  and  Thomas  Harper;  On  Public  Worship, — C. 
K.  Fehr,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  and  B.  J.  Smoyer;  On  Bounda- 
ries,— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders  ;  On  Quarterly 
Conference  Records, — S.  Keitz,  Isaac  Hess,  J.  Zern,  E. 
Butz,  D.  Z.  Kembel,  F.  Sechrist,  and  J.  Laros;  On 
Finance,— 0.  H.  Baker,  A.  Kindt,  B.  D.  Albright,  E. 
J.  Miller,  G.  B.  Fisher,  and  C.  S.  Brown;  On  Statis- 
tics,—S.  L.  Wiest,  H.  A.  Neitz,  J.  G.  Sands,  J.  M. 
Rinker,  D.  S.  StaufPer,  S.  T.  Leopold,  and  A.  A.  De- 
long;  Oa  Church  Affairs.— S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  C.  Bliem, 
B.  F.  Bohner,  O.  L.  Saylor,  W.  A.  Shoemaker,  and  J. 
A.    Feger;    On  Education, — W.    K.    Wieand,    A.    M. 


1880.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      307 

Stirk,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  D.  Lentz,  H.  E.  Yost,  J.  S.  New- 
hart,  and  J.  K.  Fohr;  On  Sabbath  and  Temperance, — 
J.  K.  Knerr,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  D,  Lentz,  H.  H.   Yost,  J. 
S.  Newhart,    and    J.    K.    Fehr;    On  Memorials, — F. 
Krecker,  F.  P.  Lehr,  D.  Yingst,  L.  N.  Worman,  J.  L. 
Werner,    and    TV.    H.    Weidrier;    Reporters, — W.    K. 
Wieand,  A.  M.  Sth-k,  H.  A.  Neitz,  W.  L.  Bhick,  O.  L. 
Saylor,  D.  A.  Medhir,  and  W.  H.  Rinek.     Geo.  Swartz, 
local  preacher,  withdrew  from  the  chnrch.     J.  R.  Work- 
man resigned  his  license    as   local   preacher.     W.    H. 
Weidner  and  D.  Yingst  were  retained  in  the  itinerancy 
one  year  without  appointments.     Samuel  Gaumer  and 
G.  T.  Haines  died  during  the   year.     I.  E.   Knerr  and 
J.  O.  Lehr  were  re-elected,  and  J.   C.  Ilornberger  was 
newly  elected  to  the  office  of  presiding  elder.     J.  W. 
Woehrle  and  J.  H.  Shirey  were  ordained   to   the  office 
of  Elder;  N.  A.  Barr  and  J.  R.  Hensyl,to  the  office  of 
Deacon.     The  following  received  license   as  preachers 
on  trial:     William  H.  Stauffer,  F.  G.    Stauffer,   James 
C.    Krause,  H.    M.    Capp,    William    F.    Ileil,   and   J. 
Weidel.     H.  S.  Clemens   was   received   from    the  M. 
E.     Chnrch    as    a    local    preacher    on     trial.     T.    G. 
Clewell  and  G.  C.  Knobel  presented  their  credentials 
and  were  received  into  the  Conference  as  elders.     T.  G. 
Clewell,  J.    D.    Woodring,    K.    A.    Barr,    and    J.    R. 
Hensyl  were  received  into  the  itinerancy.     The  super- 
annuated preachers  were, — N.   Goebel,  D.  Wieand,  J. 
Gross,  D.  Berger,  H.  Stoetzel,  C.  Gingrich;  the  super- 
numeraries,— S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  Seneca  Breyfogel,  J.  M. 
Oplinger,  W.  EL  Weidner,  and  J.  Savitz.     The  follow- 
ing were  reported  as  conference  claimants  :     N.  Goebel, 
H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Gross,  D.  Wieand,  C.  Gingrich,  Sisters 


308  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1880. 

SchneiT,  Hesser,  Rhoads,  Meyers,  Shell,  Kempfer,  and 
Haines,  and  three  children  of  J.  J.  High. 

The  necesi^arj  grade  in  the  examination  of  applicants 
for  the  ministry  was  reduced  from  75  to  60.  O.  L.  Say- 
lor  wns  elected  treasurer  of  the  edu(;ational  fund,  S.  S. 
Chubl),  tre;isnrer  of  the  Conference,  and  J.  G.  Sands, 
statistical  secretary.  The  bishops  and  the  presiding 
elders  were  constituted  a  judiciary  committee  to  decide 
questions  of  law.  The  members  of  the  Conference 
obligated  themselves  to  solicit  contributions  for  the 
orphan  cause,  and  to  report  them  in  the  annual  statis- 
tics. Prof.  A.  E.  Gobble,  Principal  of  Union  Semi- 
nary, ad(h-essed  the  Conference  in  the  interests  of  that 
institution.  On  motion  of  A.  M.  Stirk  the  following 
was  adopted  :  Resolved^  That  the  Conference  protests 
against  the  introduction  into  our  churches  or  societies 
of  all  questionable  measures,  such  as  fairs,  festivals, 
cake  walks,  bazaars,  oyster  suppers,  etc.  It  was  re- 
solved that  no  member  shall  be  reported  expelled  unless 
such  expulsion  has  occurred  in  accoi'dance  with  the 
Church  Discipline ;  that  no  member  shall  be  reported 
withdrawn  unless  he  sever  his  connection  with  the 
church ;  and  that  those  who  move  aw;iy,  either  with  or 
without  certificate,  shall  be  reported  as  moved  away. 

Brother  S.  L.  Wiest  liaving  been  elected  to  the  office 
of  corresponding  secretai-y  of  the  Missionary  Society, 
the  Conference  adopted  resolutions  congratulating  the 
church  upon  this  choice,  wishing  him  the  help  of  the 
Lord  in  his  arduous  work,  and  bidding  him  always  welcome 
in  our  midst.  W.  Yost,  Junior  Book  Agent,  addressed 
the  Conference.  The  presiding  elders  were  instructed 
to  see  to  it  that  each   charge  is  supplied  with  a  good 


1880.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFEKENCE.  309 


church   record.     C.    S.    Haman,    conference   librarian, 
reported  65  volumes  in  the  library. 

Among  the  General  Confereuce  recommendations 
acted  upon  were  the  following  :  With  reference  to 
stewards  reporting  pastors'  salary  to  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence: Affirmative,  83.  To  expunge  the  clause  to 
license  exhorters:  Affirmative,  83.  With  reference  to 
locating  inefficient  ministers  :  Affirmative,  83.  To  ex- 
punge the  clause  relating  to  probationary  members : 
Affirmative,  82;  negative,  1.  Ex-officio  members  of 
General  Conference :  Affirmative,  81 ;  negative,  2. 
To  (change  the  church  name:  Affirmative,  9  ;  negative, 
T4.  It  was  resolved  that  hereafter  all  ministers  who 
claim  support  from  the  Conference  shall  be  placed  upon 
the  list  of  superannuated  preachers. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Quakertown  was  taken  from  Muntgomery  Circuit, 
Williams  Township  fi-om  Easton  Mission,  and  Miller's 
class  from  Freemansburg,  and  annexed  to  Pleasant 
Valley  Circuit.  Yera  Cruz  was  taken  from  Emaus  and 
annexed  to  Milford  Circuit.  West  Penn,  Hunsicker's, 
and  Centreville  were  taken  from  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit 
and  annexed  to  Schuylkill  Circuit.  Lansford  and  Coal- 
dale  were  taken  from  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit,  and 
Barnesville  and  Locust  Yalley  from  Tamacpia  Station, 
and  formed  into  a  new  iield  called  Barnesville  Circuit. 
Mahoning  Yalley  was  taken  from  Mauch  Chunk  Circuit 
and  annexed  to  Lehighton  Mission.  Rearastown  was 
transferred  from  Adamstown  to  Brownstown  Circuit. 
Lykens,  AViconisco,  and  Dayton  were  detached  from 
Williamstown  Circuit  and  called  Lykens  Circuit;  Wil- 
liamstown.  Tower  City,  and  Reiner  City  to  remain  as 


310  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1880. 

Williamstown  Circuit.  Herndon  was  transferred  from 
Uniontown  Circuit  to  Trevorton  Circuit.  Norristown 
Mission  was  made  a  station.  Mauch  Chunk,  Mt.  Car- 
mel,  Lansdale  and  Hatfield,  and  Emaus  and  Salisbury 
were  taken  up  as  missions. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  following  congregations  received  permission  to 
collect :  Germantown,  within  the  bounds  of  the  Confer- 
ence; Lykens,  on  Berrysburg  and  Tremont  Circuits,  for 
a  debt  of  $290;  Bethlehem,  in  Philadelphia  District 
and  in  Mlentown  District  south  of  the  Blue  Mountain, 
for  a  new  church;  Frackville,  in  Pottsville  District,  for 
a  debt  of  $1,070;  Heading  Ebenezer,  in  Reading  Dis- 
trict, for  a  debt ;  Quakertown,  on  Pleasant  Yalley  and 
Montgomery  Circuits,  for  a  new  church.  Permission 
to  give  mortgages  on  their  churches  was  granted  to  the 
congregations  at  the  following  places:  Germantown, 
Fredericksburg  for  $625,  and  Palmyra  for  $85.10.  The 
financial  aifairs  of  the  churches  at  Dauphin,  Bernville, 
and  Port  Clinton  were  referred  to  their  respective  pre- 
siding elders  and  preachers  in  charge.  The  trustees  of 
Seven  Points  church  received  permission  to  sell  a  part 
of  their  church  lot,  the  proceeds  to  be  applied  toward 
liquidating  their  church  debt.  The  trustees  of  Bethle- 
hem church  received  permission  to  sell  eight  feet  of 
their  church  lot  on  one  side  and  to  purchase  additional 
ground  on  the  other  side.  The  former  committee  to 
manage  the  financial  affairs  of  the  church  at  Shenan- 
doah City  was  continued.  Salem  church,  in  Porter 
Township,  Schuylkill  County,  Pa.,  was  ordered  to  be 
sold,  the  proceeds  to  be  applied  to  the  church  at  Tower 
City.     Whereas,  There  is  danger  of  losing  our  church 


1880.]  THK    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  311 


property  at  Bath,  Pa.,  because  of  a  pressing  debt; 
therefore  be  it  Besolved,  That  if  the  members  of  Bath 
will  obligate  themselves  to  raise  $1,250  on  Bath  Circaiit, 
we,  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference,  will  obligate 
ourselves  to  raise  $1,250,  this  amount  to  be  equally  ap- 
portioned to  the  five  presiding  elder  districts,  the  pre- 
siding elders  of  the  districts  to  collect  their  apportion- 
ments during  the  conference  year.  The  congregation 
of  the  Chestnut  Street  church  at  Reading  received  per- 
mission to  sell  their  church  property  and  to  apply  the 
proceeds  to  the  erection  of  a  new  church.  It  was  re- 
solved that  the  deed  of  our  church  at  Pine  Grove  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  presiding  elder  of  the  dis- 
trict. 

EDUCATION. 

All  moneys,  books,  etc.,  in  the  possession  of  Confer- 
ence or  placed  into  the  hands  of  others  as  a  loan, 
were  transferred  to  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference 
Educational  Society,  Union  Seminary,  at  New  Berlin, 
Pa.,  and  Northwestern  College,  at  Naperville,  Illinois, 
were  recommended  to  the  favorable  consideration  of 
all  contemplating  a  scientific,  classical,  or  theologi- 
cal course.  On  motion  it  was  resolved  that  the  com- 
mittee to  examine  applicants  for  the  itinerancy  he  made 
a  permanent  one,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inquire  into 
the  call  to  the  ministry  and  moral  character  of  such 
candidates;  the  other  committees  to  examine  into  the 
literary  qualifications  of  their  respective  classes.  J.  K. 
Seyfrit,  W.  K.  Wieand,  and  G.  W.  Gross  were  elected 
examiners  for  five  years. 

MEMORIALS. 

Resolvedy  That  we  erect  to  the   memory  of  our  de- 


312  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS,  [1880. 

parted  brethren  the  following  memorial:  Hev,  Samuel 
Gaumer  served  the  church  for  13  y^ars  as  an  itinerant, 
after  which  he  sustained  a  local  relation  unto  the  end 
of  his  life.  His  gentlemanly  and  Christian  demeanor 
towards  all  tliose  with  whom  he  came  in  contact  is 
worthy  of  imitation. 

Father  G.  T.  Haines,  a  veteran  of  the  cross,  was  born 
October  12,  1809.  After  his  conversion,  which  occurred 
at  the  age  of  tw^enty,  ho  felt  and  finally  obeyed  an  in- 
ward call  to  the  ministry.  His  active  service  covers  a 
period  of  more  than  42  years.  During  his  late  illness 
he  left  a  clear  testimony  of  his  entrance  into  heaven. 
In  his  last  hours  he  said  several  times:  "When  Idle,  I 
shall  go  from  labor  to  reward." 

THE    SABBATH. 

Should  the  sanctity  of  the  Sabbath  be  displficed  by  a 
simple  holiday  of  the  European  pattern,  our  surest 
stronghold  against  the  assaults  of  socialistic  and  com- 
munistic influences  will  fall  into  the  hands  of  those  who 
are  the  enemies  of  the  Christian  family  and  Christian 
marriage.  As  Christian  ministers  and  friends  of  the 
lal)orer,  we  appeal  to  those  industrial  classes,  especially 
who  are  in  the  employ  of  powerful  corporations,  to  use 
their  utmost  endeavor  to  counteract  the  despotism  of 
consolidated  capital,  which,  by  offering  extra  compen- 
sation for  Sabbath  work,  would  bribe  the  workingmen 
into  a  surrender  of  this  boon — a  day  of  rest  on  the 
Christian  Sabbath. 

TEMPERANCE. 

We  commend  the  proposed  Temperance  Law  to  the 
members  of  our  Church  and  others,  and  ask  them  to 


1880.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  313 

secure,  by  petition  and  all  other  honorable  means,  its 
enactment  by  the  Legislature  of  our  State. 

FINANCE. 

lieceipts: 

Conference   collections $1,188.65 

Charitable  Society 296.60 

Book  establishment 421.00 

$1,906.25 

Expenditures: 
Paid  to  conference  claimants 1,795.12 


Balance  in  treasury $111.13 


MISSIONARY  APPROPKIATIONS. 


Allentown  Liberty 

Str.   Miss,  for  last 

year $100 

Philadelphia  8th  Str. 

Miss 250 

Philadelphia  8th  Sir. 

Miss,  (ground  rent)  150 

Plymouth  Miss 75 

Lansdale     and     Hat- 

Seld  Miss 75 

Easton  Miss 200 

Stroudsburg  Miss. .  .  .  225 
Allentown    1st    ward 

Miss 300 

Allentown  Liberty 

Str.  Miss 275 

Emaus  Miss 75 

21 


Lehighton  Miss $150 

Maueh  Chunk  Miss.  .    250 

Wilkesbarre  Miss 325 

Beading 9th  Str. Miss.   150 

Pottstown  Miss 75 

Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 75 

Lancaster  Miss 325 

Lebanon  Miss 325 

Harrisburg  Miss 350 

Schuylkill   Haven 

Miss 200 

Frackville  Miss 350 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 250 

TVesnersville  Miss.  .  .      50 


$4,600 


314 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1880. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


PHILADELrniA   DISTRICT— y.    C.   llortl- 

fjcrgi'v,  I'.  K. 
Philiulclithia    8th  Street— S.   C.  Brey- 

Gcniiiiiitowii— 11.  A.  Neitz. 
Norri.slown— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Plyinoutli— J.  C  Krause. 
Trappe— ,1.  N.  Metzgar. 
Moiitgoinory— (!.  I).  Swoigcrt. 
LaiiS(l:ilc  and  llatQckl— W.  F.  Muil. 
Milford-S.  Kly. 
PleaHunt  Valley— A.  ZiegenfuH  ami  \V. 

H.  Riiiek. 
Bethleliein— ]l.  M.  Llclitcnwalner. 
FreetnaiiHlmrg— J.  u.  Wooilriiig. 
Easton— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Bath-W.  L.  Black. 
Bangor— A.  Kiudt. 
8trou<lnl)iirg— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Middle  Crock— J.  L.  Gaiuther. 
Wayne— .r.  S.  Ncwhart. 

Allentown  District— C.  K.  Fchr, 
P.  E. 

Allentown  Linden  Street— II.  R.  Yost. 

Allentown  Turner  Street— Jas.  Bow- 
man. 

Allentown  First  Ward— W.  K.  Wieand. 

Allentown  Liberty  Street— B.  11.  Miller. 

Lehigh— K.  Butz. 

Emaus— F.  lIolTman. 

Kutztown— A.  L.  Yeakel. 

Catasauqua— Seneca  Breyfogel. 

Slatlnglon— J.  C.  Bliem. 

BerlinsvlUe— I).  Lentz. 

Parryville-  G.  W.  Gross. 

Weissport- K.  J.  INIillor. 

Lehighton— B.  J.  Smoyer. 

Mauch  (Miunk— D.  S.  StaulTer. 

Hazleton- J.  K.  Seyfrit. 

Wilkesbarre— H.  D.  Shultz. 

Wesncrsville- A.  M.  Hartman. 

RKADINO  niSTUICT— /.  E.  KiH'rv,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sih  Street— S.  Neitz. 
Reading  Chestiut  street— W.  A.  Leo- 
pold. 
Reading  9th  Street— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Frledensburg- Jacob  Adams. 


Pottstown- F.  Krecker. 
BinlHboro— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Adanistown— .1.  M.  Snylor. 
F.ilrville— A.  M.  Saniiisel. 
Browiistown— P\   Seclirist  and  D.   W. 

Bicksler. 
Lltitz  and  Manhelm— JoH.  Specht. 
Lancaster  Water  Street— J.  Zern. 
LiincuHter    Mulberry     Street  —  J.    A. 

Keger. 
Millcrsvillc— U.  II.  Ilershcy. 
("reswell— Thos.  Harper. 
Concstoga— F.  Smith. 

llAKKISBUKG  DISTRICT— C.    S.  IlavinU, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  Street— .L  K.  Knerr. 
Lebanon  8th  Street— .1.  H.  Shirey. 
Myerstown— B.  D.  Albright. 
Womelsdorf— Isaac  Hess. 
Annville— N.  A.  Barr. 
Mt.  Nebo— C.  S.  Brown. 
Harrisliurg— A.  W.  Warfel. 
naii|)liiu— II.  M.  Capp. 
Millersburg— S.  S.  Chul>b. 
Berrysburg— A.  Dilabar. 
Willianistown— II.  J.  (Jlick. 
Unioutown— J.  K.  Fchr. 
Treniont— H.  II.  Romberger. 
Pine  (Jrove-  D.  A.  Medlar. 
Lykens— A.  A.  Delong. 

POTTsviLLK  District-./.  0.  Ldir,  P.E. 

Pottsville— O.  L.  Saylor. 

Schuylkill   Haven   St.    Peters— C.  n. 

Baker. 
Schuylkill     Haven      Trinity  —  J.    G. 

Sands. 
Cressiina— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Orwigsburg   and  Port   Carbon— J.  R. 

llensyl. 
Schuylkill— J.  Loraa. 
Tamaqua— C.  II.  Egge. 
Barncsville— I.  E.  Zimmerman. 
Mahanoy  City— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Shenandoah— .J.  M.  Rinker. 
Ashland— T.  A.  Hess. 
FrackvlUe— L.  N.  Woruian. 
Shamokin— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 


1881.]    THE  EAS'r  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      315 


Mt.  Carmel— .J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Trevorton— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Mahantongo— J.  L.  Werner. 


S.  L.  Wiest,  corresponfling  secretary 

Missionary  Society. 
T.  G.  Clewell,  aasistant  editor  Evan- 

(jelical  Messenoer. 


1881. 

The  Forty-Second  {74:th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary,  B.  J.  Smoyer. 

Assista^it  Secretaries,  W.  A,  Leopold  and  S.  C.  Brey- 
fogel. 

The  East  Pa.  Conference  met  in  annual  session  in 
the  Evangelical  chnr<;h  at  Milk'rHl)urg,  Pa.,  on  Febru- 
ary 23d,  1881.  The  Bishop  appointed  the  following 
committees:  On  Worship, — C.  S.  Haman  and  S.  S. 
Chubb;  On  Letters,— J.  M.  Savior,  F.  Hoffman,  J. 
Adams,  A.  Ziegenfus,  and  Thomas  Harper ;  On  Quar- 
terly Conference  Records, — S.  Neitz,  Isaac  Hess,  J.  N. 
Metzgar,  E.  Butz,  D.  Z.  Kembel,  F.  Sechrist,  J.  Laros, 
S.  Ely,  J.  K.  Knerr,  and  J.  C.  Bliem;  On  Boundaries, 
— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On  Statistics, — 
H.  A.  Neitz,  J.  G.  Sands,  J.  M.  Pinker,  D.  S.  Stauffer, 
S.  T.  Leopold,  and  G.  W.  Gross;  On  Finance,— C.  H. 
Baker,  B.  D.  Albright,  E.  J.  Miller,  G.  B.  Fisher,  C. 
S.  Brown,  and  J.  S.  Newhart ;  On  Education, — W.  K. 
Wieand,  D.  A.  Medlar,  C.  H.  Egge,  S.  C.  Breyfogel, 
and  O.  L.  Saylor;  On  Church  Affairs,— S.  S.  Chubb, 
B.  F.  Bohner,  Jas.  Bowman,  A.  Kindt,  J.  A.  Feger, 
and  J.  K.  Fehr;  On  Sabbath  and  Temperance, — A.  M. 
Stirk,  U.  H.  Hershey,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  G.  D.  Sweigert, 
and  J.  H.  Shirey;  On  Memorials, — F.  Krecker,  Seneca 
Breyfogel,  H.  P.  Yost,  F.  P.  Lehr,  H.  D.  Shultz,  W. 


316  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1881. 

L.  Black,  and  F.  Smith;  To  Audit  Accounts  of  Col- 
lectors,— D.  Wieand,  H.  D.  Sliultz,  and  H.  R.  Yost; 
Reportorial  Committee, — W.  K.  Wieand,  ().  L.  Saylor, 
W.  H.  Rinek,  H.  M.  Capp,  and  W.  F.  Heil. 

A  local  preacher  and  a  traveling  deacon  were  de- 
posed from  office  and  expelled  from  the  church  during 
the  past  year.  D.  Berger,  W.  L.  Reber,  Jacob  Snyder, 
and  Jonathan  Kurtz  died  during  the  year.  Credentials 
were  granted  to  J.  S.  McNutt  and  "Wm.  Loose,  who  de- 
sired to  withdraw  from  the  church;  to  A.  E.  Gobble 
and  to  T.  G.  Clewell  in  order  to  unite  with  the  confer- 
ences within  the  bounds  of  which  they  reside ;  and  to  I. 
E.  Zimmerman,  to  unite  with  another  conference.  F. 
Smith  and  A.  M.  Sampsel  were  ordained  to  the  office 
of  Elder;  D.  W.  Bicksler,  J.  W.  Hoover,  J.  D.  Wood- 
ring,  and  H.  S.  Clemens,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The 
following  were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial:  Rudolph 
Roessel,  Jas.  R.  Teter,  Daniel  G.  Reinhold,  John  S. 
Overholser,  Israel  F.  Heisler,  Joseph  Fox,  and  Webster 
C.  Weiss.  The  brethren  W.  H.  Rinek,  W.  F.  Heil,  H. 
M.  Capp,  J.  L.  Guinther,  J.  W.  Hoover,  H.  H.  Rom- 
berger,  and  J.  C.  Krause  were  received  into  the  itiner- 
ancy. W.  C.  Kantner  was  received  with  credentials 
from  the  Oregon  Conference.  The  supernumeraries 
were, — S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  and  Seneca  Breyfogel;  the  su- 
perannuated,— IS^.  Goebel,  Daniel  Wieand,  J.  Gross, 
H.  Stoetzel,  J.  M.  Oplinger,  J.  Savitz,  and  C.  Gingrich. 
Solomon  ISTeitz  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  one  year 
without  an  appointment. 

On  motion  of  J.  O.  Lelir  it  was  Resolved^  1st,  That 
all  applicants  for  the  itinerancy  must  study  and  be 
examined  in  the  German  language  for  four  years.     2d, 


18S1.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  317 

That  we  will  hereafter  not  receive  any  preachers  into 
the  itinerancy  of  this  Conference,  unless  they  exercise 
in  both  the  German  and  English  languages. 

M.  Lauer,  Senior  Book  Agent,  addressed  the  Con- 
ference. J.  G.  Sands  was  elected  statistical  secretary  ; 
S.  S.  Chnbb,  conference  treasurer;  and  O.  L.  Saylor, 
treasurer  of  the  educational  fund.  It  was  made  the 
duty  of  the  preacher,  officiating  at  the  funeral  of  a  mem- 
ber of  Conference,  to  furnish  all  possible  information  for 
the  preparation  of  memorials  at  the  annual  session. 
On  motion  of  D.  A.  Medlar  it  was  resolved  that  in 
recognition  of  the  divine  approval  of  our  Clndstian  en- 
deavor in  the  work  of  foreign  missions,  we  will  urge 
our  members  to  rememl)er  the  parent  treasury  by  spe- 
cial contributions,  large  gifts,  and  bequests.  The  fol- 
lowing delegates  were  appointed  to  attend  the  State 
Temperance  Convention  at  Hari'isburg :  B.  J.  Smoyer, 
S.  C.  Breyfogel,  J.  K.  Knerr,  J.  G.  Sands,  A.  W.  War- 
fel,  H.  M.  Capp,  and  L.  IST.  Worman.  Bishop  J.  J. 
Esher,  A.  M.  Stirk,  and  G.  "W.  Gross  were  elected  dele- 
gates to  the  National  Temperance  Convention  to  meet 
at  Saratoga.  In  a  fitting  resolution  the  Conference 
expressed  its  appreciation  of  a  sermon  preached  at  this 
session  by  H.  B.  Plartzler,  editor  of  the  Evaiigelical 
Messenger^  and  wished  him  God-speed  in  his  arduous 
work. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Stroud sburg  Mission  was  discontinued.  Bangor  was 
constituted  a  station,  and  Roxburg,  Miller's  church,  and 
Ackermanville  were  annexed  to  Bath  Circuit.  Tower 
City  and  Reiner  City  were  taken  from  Williamstown 
Circuit,  and  together  with  Tremont  constituted  a  mis- 


318  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1881. 

sion  called  Tremont  Mission.  Williamstown  was  made 
a  station.  Ringtown  was  taken  from  Shenandoah  Citj 
Station  and  annexed  to  Barnesville  Circuit. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted :  Whereas, 
Christ  Church,  of  Philadelphia,  has  been  suffering  un- 
der a  burdensome  debt  of  $10,000,  greatly  hindering  its 
prosperity  and  endangering  its  future  existence ;  and 
Whereas,  The  sum.  of  $6,000  has  been  secured  among 
the  members  of  that  church  toward  the  liquidation  of 
the  debt,  with  a  fair  prospect  of  being  able  to  secure 
an  additional  thousand  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia ; 
therefore  be  it  Resolved,  1st,  That  this  Conference 
grant  permission  to  their  preacher  to  canvass  the  entire 
Conference  district  to  secure  the  balance  of  the  $10,- 
000;  2d,  That  we  will  use  our  influence  in  word  and 
deed  in  carrying  out  this  undertaking.  The  trus- 
tees of  the  Lancaster  English  Mission  received  per- 
mission to  sell  the  Eden  church,  the  proceeds  to  be  ap- 
plied to  the  liquidation  of  the  debt  on  the  mission 
church.  Of  the  claim  of  Bi'other  Alspach  against  the 
Scranton  church,  $400  w'ere  assumed  by  the  Confer- 
ence upon  condition  that  if  after  a  thorough  investigation 
by  a  committee,  consisting  of  C.  K.  Fehr  and  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  the  facts  substantiate  the  claim  as  pre- 
sented, each  traveling  preacher  shall  send  his  pro  rata 
share  of  the  amount  to  the  committee.  The  congre- 
gations at  Hellertown,  Trevorton,  and  Friedensburg 
received  permission  to  sell  their  church  properties  and 
to  apply  the  proceeds  to  the  erection  of  new  churches. 


1881.]  THE    EAST    PEN^NSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  319 

The  congregations  at  Qnakertown  and  Bernville  were 
authorized  to  sell  portions  of  their  chnrc-h  lots  and  to 
apply  the  income  toward  the  payment  of  their  chnrch 
debts.  The  financial  difiiculties  of  the  churches  at  Port 
Clinton  and  Hamburg  were  referred  to  the  respective 
presiding  elders  and  preachers  in  charge.  The  affairs 
at  Shenandoah  were  continued  under  the  former  ar- 
rangement. The  difiiculties  existing  between  Creswell 
and  Millersville  circuits  concerning  the  parsonage  of 
Lancaster  Circuit,  were  referred  to  the  presiding  elder 
of  Reading  District  for  adjustment  by  arbitration. 
The  sale  of  the  Myerstown  parsonage  was  sanctioned, 
and  Brother  Stoner's  claim  of  $50  submitted  for  inves- 
tigation. The  financial  diflicnilties  at  Bainbridgc  were 
referred  to  Rev.  C.  II.  Baker,  to  dispose  of  the  property 
to  the  best  advantage  of  all  parties.  The  meml)ers  of 
Mahantongo  Circuit  were  urged  to  accept  the  offer  of 
Elias  Hepler  and  to  purchase  his  church  for  81,000. 
Pei'mission  was  given  to  the  members  of  Wayne  Circuit 
to  collect  on  Middle  Creek  Circuit  for  the  payment  of 
their  parsonage  debt.  The  trustees  of  the  church  at 
Wind  Gap  were  authorized  to  effect  a  loan  of  $1,000 
by  giving  a  mortgage  on  their  church  property.  Con- 
cerning tlie  unsecured  balance  of  $125  in  Pottsville 
District  for  the  Bath  church  debt,  it  was  ordered  that 
one-half  be  again  apportioned  to  that  district  and  the 
other  half  equally  divided  among  the  remaining  dis- 
tricts. The  Linden  Street  congregation,  of  Allentown, 
Having  submitted  to  the  Conference  the  question  of  lan- 
guage in  their  Sunday  services,  it  was  ordered  that 
there  be  English  preaching  every  other  Sunday  evening. 


320  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS,  [1881. 

EDUCATION. 

In  the  following  resolutions,  presented  by  the  com- 
mittee on  education,  Schuylkill  Seminary  was  born  : 

Whereas,  The  desire  for  an  educational  institution 
in  our  Conference  is  daily  becoming  stronger;  and 
Whereas,  This  desire  is  founded  upon  a  manifest  need 
which  we  can  no  longer  afford  to  disregard ;  therefore 
be  it  Resolved^  That  this  Conference  locate  an  educa- 
tional institution  in  the  city  of  Reading  upon  the  fol- 
lowing plan,  viz :  1,  That  this  institution  shall  aiford 
opportunities  for  such  as  desire  an  academic  course, 
and  also  for  lower  grades  of  instruction.  2,  That  some 
competent  man  of  our  own  church  be  chosen  principal. 
3,  That  a  building  affording  the  proper  accommodations 
be  secured.  4,  That  this  institution  be  encouraged  in 
a  natural  growth  to  a  collegiate  grade.  5,  That  an  ex- 
ecutive committee  be  appointed,  consisting  of  seven 
ministers  and  two  laymen,  which  shall  have  full  power 
to  execute  the  plan  submitted  in  these  resolutions. 

jResolved,  That  we  will  endeavor  to  raise  at  least  five 
cents  per  member  for  educational  purposes,  and  that 
these  contributions  be  gathered  and  sent  to  the  treasurer 
of  the  educational  fund  Ijcfore  August  1,  1881. 

The  following  were  appointed  the  Committee  on  In- 
stitution of  Learning:  Bishop  T.  Bowman,  I.  E.  Knerr, 
J.  C.  Hornherger,  S^  S.  Chubb,  A.  M.  Stirk,  W.  K. 
Wieand,  S.  C.  Bi-eyfogel,  J.  G.  Mohn,  and  F.  G.  Boas. 
S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  O.  L?hr,  and  W.  A  Leopold  were  elected 
examiners  for  five  years. 

MEMORIALS. 

Ja(!ob  Snyder  served  the  church  of  his  choice  accept- 
ably as  a  local  preacher  till  the  end  of  his  pilgrimage. 


1881.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      321 

He  was  a  friend  of  the  missionary  canse,  and  a  man  of 
exemplnry  Christian  character. 

D.  Berger  Avas  one  of  our  pioneer  preachers.  God 
blessed  him  with  a  strong  constitution,  a  line  intellect, 
a  genial  disposition,  and  varied  and  useful  attainments, 
which,  wdth  a  strict  morality,  practical  judgment,  and 
sound  theological  views  qualified  him  to  fill  the  most  im- 
portant fields  of  labor.  He  served  long  and  faithfully 
as  a  traveling  preacher  and  died  in  the  triumphs  of  faith. 

W.  L.  Reber  was  one  of  the  early  preachers  of 
our  Conference,  having  served  important  charges  for 
twenty-two  years.  He  was  considered  a  good  preacher, 
sound  in  his  theological  views,  and  an  efiicient  disciplin- 
arian. 

Jonathan  Kurtz  was  indeed  a  diligent  and  faithful 
laborer  in  the  church,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him, 
and  a  great  help  to  the  itinerant  preachers.  He  died 
triumphantly. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The  president  and  secretary  of  the  Conference  were 
instructed  to  petition  the  Legislnture  of  Pennsylvania 
in  behalf  of  this  body  to  pass  the  ''  temperance  law"  and 
take  the  preliminary  steps  to  submit  to  the  people 
a  constitutional  amendment  prohibiting  the  sale  and  man- 
ufacture of  spirituous  and  malt  liquors  for  other  than 
medicinal,  mechanical,  and  scientific  purposes, 

FINANCE. 

Recei'pts. 

Conference  collections $1,177.23 

Charitable  Society 318.50 

Book  establishment 500.00 

Bal.  in  treasury  last  year 68.81: 

$2,064.57 


322 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1881. 


Expenditures : 

Paid  to  conference  eh 

limant 

s 1,957.00 

Balance  in  treasury 

MISS  ION  A 

^   107.57 

RY    APPROPRIATIONS. 

Philadelphia,   Eighth 

I 

Pottstown  Miss $  75 

St.  Miss $250 

Lititz    and    Manheim 

Philadelphia,    Eighth 

Miss 75 

Str,  (ground  rent).  . 

150 

Lancaster  Miss 200 

Plymouth  Miss 

300 

Lebanon    Miss ,300 

Lansdale      and    Hat- 

Hnrrisburg Miss....    200 

field    Miss 

75 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Easton  Miss 

225 

Miss 300 

Allentown  Eirst  Ward 

Frackville  Miss 350 

Miss 

275 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss 350 

Allentown  Liberty  St. 

Reading        Southeast 

Miss 

275 

Miss 350 

Emaus  Miss 

100 

Reading       Southeast 

Lehigliton  Miss 

200 

Miss,  (rent) 150 

Manch  Chunk  Miss.  . 

225 

TremontMiss 100 

"Wilkesbarre  Miss. .  .  . 

350 

Williamstown  Miss.  .      50 

"Wesnersville  Miss.  .  . 

300 

Reading,    Ninth    Str. 

$5,375 

Miss 

150 

APPOINT 

MKNTS. 

Philadelphia  District-J^.  C.  Horn- 

beryer,  P.  E. 
Philadelphia  Sth  St.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Germantown— R.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Norristown— W.  L.  Black. 
Plymouth— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Trappe— U.  H.  Hershey. 
Montgomery— G.  D.  Sweigert. 


Lansdale  aud  Hatfield- W.  F.  Hell. 

Milford— S.  Ely. 

Pleaaant  Valley— D.  Lentz,  F.  G.  Stauf- 

fer. 
Bethlehem— J.  D.  Woodring. 
Preemausburg  -J.  L.  (juinther. 
Easton— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Batn— W.  H.  Weidner,  \V.  II.  Staufler. 


1882.] 


THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE. 


323 


Bangor— A.  Kindt. 

Middle  Creek— G.  B.  Fisher. 

Wayne— J.  S.  Newliart. 

Allentown   District— C.    K.    Fehr, 

P.  E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Allentown  Turner  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Allentown  First  ward— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— B.  H.  Miller. 
Lehigh— E.  Butz. 
Emails— J.  Adams. 
Catasauqua— Seneca  Breyfogel. 
Slatington— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Berliusville- H.  R.  Yost. 
Parryville— G.  W.  Gross. 
Weissport— E.  J.  Miller. 
Lehighton— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Mauch  Chunk— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Hazleton— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Wilkesbarre— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Wesnersville— J.  M.  Saylor. 

Reading  Distbict— /.  E.  Knerr,  P.  E. 
Reading  Sth  St.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Reading  Chestnut  St. — J.  Bowman. 
Reading  9th  St.-F.  P.  Lehr. 
Reading  S.  E.  Miss.- W.  A.  Leopold. 
Friedeuslmrg— T.  Harper. 
Pottstown— P.  Krecker. 
Birdsboro— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Adamstown— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Fairville— A.  M.  Sarapsel. 
Lititz  and  ISIanheim— J.  Specht. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— J.  Zern. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— J.  C.  Krause. 
Brownstown— F.  Sechrist,  D.  G.  Rein- 
hold. 
Millersville— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Creswell— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Conestoga- F.  Smith. 


Harrisburg  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— J.  K.  Knerr. 
Lebanon  Sth  St.— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Myerstown— B.  D.  Albright. 
Womelsdorf— Isaac  Hess. 
Aunville— N.  A.  Barr. 
Mt.  Nebo— C.  S.  Brown. 
Harrisburg- W.  H.  Rinek. 
Dauphin— H.  M.  Capp. 
Millersburg— H.  A.  Neitz. 
Berrysburg— A.  Dilabar. 
Williamstown— H.  J.  Glick. 
Uuiontown — J.  K.  Fehr. 
Tremont— F.  Hoffman. 
Pine  Grove— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Lykens— A.  A.  Delong. 

Pottsville  District-^.  0.  Lehr,  P.  E. 

Pottsville— O.  L.  Saylor. 

Schuylkill    Haven  St.    Peter's— C.  H. 

Baker. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— J.  G.  Sands. 
Cressona— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Orwigsburg  and  Port  Carbon— J.   R. 

Ilensyl. 
Schuylkill— J.  Laros. 
Kutztown— A.  Ziegenfus. 
Tamaqua— C.  H.  Egge. 
Barnesville— H.  II.  Komberger. 
Mahanoy  City— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Shenandoah— J.  M.  Rinker. 
Ashland— T.  A.  Hess. 
Frackville— L.  N.  Worman. 
Shamokin— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Mt.  Carmel— J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Trevorton— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Mahantongo— J.  L.  Werner. 
F.   Krecker,  Jr.,   Missionary,    Tokio, 

Japan. 


1882. 

The  Forty- Tliird  {l^th)  Armual  Session. 

Pr'esident,  Bishop  R.  Dubs. 
Secretary^  B.  J.  Smoyer. 


324  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1882. 

Assistant  Secretaries^  S.  S.  Chubb  and  D.  A.  Medlar. 

The  Conference  met  in  annual  session  in  the  St. 
John's  Evangelical  church,  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  on  Wed- 
nesday, February  22d,  1882.  The  Bishop  appointed  the 
following  standing  committees:  On  Worship, — J.  C. 
Hornberger  and  J.  D.  Woodring;  On  Letters, —  J.  M. 
Saylor,  F.  Hoffman,  A.  Ziegenfus,  T.  Harper,  Seneca 
Breyfogel,  D.  AVieand,  C.Gingrich,  J. M.  Oplinger,and 
N.  Goebel ;  On  Quarterly  Conference  Proceedings, — 
Solomon  Neitz,  Isaac  Hess,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  E.  Butz,  D. 
Z.  Kembel,  F.  Sechrist,  J.  Laros,  S.  Ely,  and  J.  C. 
Bliem  ;  On  Boundaries, — T!ie  Bishop  and  the  presiding 
elders  ;  On  Statistics,— H.  A.  Neitz,  J.  G.  Sands,  J.  M. 
Kinker,  D.  S.  Stauffer,  B.  D.  Albright,  G.  W.  Gross, 
W.  C.  Kantner,  G.  D.  Sweigert,  and  J.  W.  Woehrle; 
On  Finan(-e,— O.  L.  Saylor,  C.  S.  Brown,  W.  H.  Weid- 
ner,  A.  Kindt,  A.  A.  Delong,  F.  Smith,  I.  J.  Eeitz,  A. 
M.  Sampsel,  and  H.  D.  Shultz  ;  On  Education, — S.  S. 
Chubb,  IT.  H.  Hershey,  J.  Specht,  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  H. 
Shirey,  G.  B.  Fisher,  C.  H.  Baker,  J.  A.  Feger,  and  L. 
E".  Worman;  On  Church  Affairs, — W.  TL  Wieand,P. 
M.  Lichtenwalner,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  C.  H.  Egge,  H.  J. 
Glick,  J.  K.  Fehr,  B.  H.  Miller,  and  N.  A.  Barr;  On 
Sabbath  and  Temperanc?,^A.  M.  Stirk,  S.  C.  Breyfo- 
gel, W.  A.  Shoemaker,  J.  R.  Hensyl,  A.  W.  Warfel, 
E.  J.  Miller,  A.  Dilabar,  J.  W.  Hoover,  and  J.  S.  New- 
hart;  On  Memorials.- — F.  Krecker,  F.  P.  Lehr,  J.  L. 
Werner,  D.  Lentz,  W.  A.  Leopold,  and  H.  R.  Yost; 
To  Audit  Accounts, — J.  H.  Shirey,  S.  T.  Leopold,  and 
E.  J.  Miller  ;  Reportorial  Connnittee, — ^W.  K.  Wieand, 
W.  H.Rinek,  W.  F.  Heil,  O.  L.  Saylor,  and  J.  H.  Shirey. 

W.  K.  Wieand  was  appointed  to  report  the  proceed- 


1882.]        THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  325 

ings  of  the  Conference  for  the  Christliche  Botschafter, 
and  D.  A.  Medhir  for  the  Evangelical  Messenger.  A. 
Y.  Hirst  and  A.  Weaver,  local  preachers,  withdrew 
from  the  church.  The  latter  withdrew  in  1880.  Jacob 
Adams  and  Abraham  Shultz  died  during  the  year,  C. 
S.  Haman  and  C.  K.  Fehr  were  re-elected  to  the  ofMce 
of  Presiding  Elder.  J.  R.  Hensyl  and  N.  A.  Barr  were 
ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  W.  F.  Heil,  J,  L. 
Guinther,  J.  C.  Krause,  H.  M.  Capp,  and  W.  H.  Einek, 
to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  received  license 
as  preachers  on  trial:  Charles  D.  Dreher,  Thomas  L. 
Wentz,  J.  R.  Hashinger,  H.  M.  Harris,  Hirakawa  To- 
yotsnra,  and  Miknnia  Uyeno.  I.  E.  Zimmermati,  elder, 
was  received  with  credentials.  W.  L.  Black  took  a 
local  relation.  J.  Bowman,  D.  Yingst,  and  J.  K.  Knerr, 
took  a  supernumerary  relation.  S.  B.  Brown,  of  the 
Kansas  Conference,  was  again  received  into  this  Confer- 
ence upon  condition  that  he  present  the  proper  creden- 
tials. The  brethren  D.  W.  Bicksler,  W.  H.  Stauffer, 
F.  G.  Stauffer,  and  Hirakawa  Toyotsura  of  Tokio,  Ja- 
pan, were  received  into  the  itinerancy.  The  conference 
claimants  were:  N.  Goeble  and  wife,  D.  Wieand  and 
wife,  C.  Gingrich  and  wife,  H.  Stoetzel,  J.  Gross  and 
wife,  J.  M.  Oplinger  and  wife,  J.  Savitz  and  wife,  Sis- 
ters Schnerr,  Hesser,  Myers,  Schell,  Heim,  Haines, 
Sister  Khoads  and  one  child,  Sister  Kempfer  and 
one  child,  and  three  children  of  J.  J.  High.  The 
conference  claimants  were  instructed  to  present  their 
financial  circumstances  in  figures  to  their  respective  pre- 
siding elders  and  preachers  in  charge,  who  shall  submit 
these  reports  to  the  committee  on  finance  and  recom- 
mend what  in  their  estimation  such  claimants  ought  to 


326  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1882. 

have.  W.  Yost,  Book  Agent,  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Orphans'  Home,  Prof.  W.  E.  Walz,  Principal  of 
Schuylkill  Yalley  Seminary,  and  Mrs.  Annie  Witten- 
meyer,  organizer  of  the  State  Prohibition  movement, 
addressed  the  Conference.  J.  G.  Sands  was  re-elected 
statistical  secretary,  and  S.  S.  Chubb,  conference  treas- 
urer. 

S.  C.  Breyfogel,  A.  M.  Stirk,  J.  Bowman,  G.  W. 
Gross,  and  A.  Kindt  were  appointed  to  prepare  resolu- 
tions on  Speculative  Life  Insurance  Companies  and  the 
Mormon  question.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of 
their  report :  Itesolved,  That  we  consider  all  specu- 
lative (commonly  known  as  death-bed  and  graveyard) 
insurance  business,  a  species  of  gambling  which  has  al- 
ready carried  great  harm  into  the  communities,  and  to 
the  individuals  engaged  in  it;  that  we  consider  it  a 
traffic  of  chance  in  the  lives  of  those  insured,  which  has 
a  strong  tendency  to  obliterate  all  feelings  of  love  and 
respect,  thus  rending  the  strongest  and  tenderest  ties  of 
humanity ;  and  tiiat  we  as  a  Church,  and  especially  as 
ministers,  will  do  all  in  our  power  to  suppress  it,  con- 
sidering it  a  moral  offence  to  be  dealt  with  according  to 
our  Discipline. 

Whekeas,  The  Latter  Day  Saints  are  fostering  the 
degrading  doctrine  and  practice  of  polygamy  in  order 
to  gain  civil  strength  and  power;  therefore  be  it 
Resolved^  That  we  consider  it  an  offence  against  hu- 
manity, the  purity  of  our  civil  institutions,  the  welfare  of 
the  church  and  State,  and  that  we  hail  with  delight  the 
growing  sentiment  of  the  people,  and  the  advanced 
action  taken  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  these  United  States,  and  would  herewith,  as  a 


1882.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      327 

Conference,  nrge  the  speedy  enactment  of  such  laws  as 
may  be  necessary  to  extn-pate  this  corrupt  doctrine  and 
practice. 

Father  J.  M,  Saylor,  the  oldest  traveling  preacher  in 
our  church,  having  asked  for  a  superannuated  relation, 
his  request  was  granted  and  the  following  adopted: 
Resolved^  That  w^e  duly  appreciate  the  past  services 
which  he  has  rendered  to  the  church  in  the  days  when 
the  itinerancy  was  connected  with  many  sacrifices  and 
privations,  as  well  as  during  the  later  years  of  his  min- 
istry, and  trust  that  the  evening  of  a  well  spent  life  may 
be  pleasant  and  full  of  joy  in  waiting  for  the  coming  of 
his  Master. 

H.  Stoetzel,  S.  L.  Wiest,  W.  Yost,  F.  Krecker,  and 
S.  Neitz  were  appointed  to  prepare  greetings  to  our 
brethren  in  Japan.  They  made  a  report  of  which  the 
following  is  an  abstract :  This  Conference  having  re- 
ceived a  communication  from  Rev.  Jacob  Hartzler,  the 
esteemed  Superintendent  of  our  Japan  Mission,  with 
papers  from  the  class  and  quarterly  conference  of 
Tokio,  recommending  Hirakawa  Toyotsura  and  Uyeno 
Mikurna  as  proper  persons  to  preach  the  gospel,  we 
gratefully  acknowledge  the  hand  of  the  infinitely  loving 
God  in  according  to  us  as  a  Conference  the  honor  and 
privilege  of  licensing  these  brethren  to  proclaim  the 
message  of  life  to  a  people  sunken  in  idolatry  and  heath- 
enism. It  seems  to  us  bat  fitting  that  the  oldest  Con- 
ference, honored  with  the  oldest  missionary  society  in 
the  church,  and  the  first  to  send  out  missionaries  to  pro- 
claim the  everlasting  gospel  to  the  neglected  of  other 
states  and  countries,  should  also  open  her  ministerial 
ranks  to  receive  the  first  fruits  of  our  first  heathen  mis- 


328  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1882. 

sion.  In  the  name  of  our  common  Master  we  greet 
these  newly  licensed  brethren,  and  all  our  missionaries, 
with  the  whole  church  of  Japan.  We  also  highly  ap- 
preciate the  successful  labors  of  our  beloved  Dr.  F. 
Krecker  and  family,  and  of  sister  Rachel  Pludson,  who 
has  labored  much  for  the  Lord,  and  bid  these  Christian 
workers  from  our  own  ranks  a  hearty  God  speed. 

On  motion  of  S.  C.  Breyfogel  the  following  question 
was  inserted  in  the  statistical  blank  of  the  Conference  : 
"What  is  the  entire  amount  of  indebtedness  on  this  field 
of  labor  ?  "  It  was  resolved  that  itinerant  preachers 
and  their  families  shall  be  permitted  to  hold  their  mem- 
bership wliere  they  see  fit.  On  motion  of  D.  A.  Med- 
lar it  was  resolved  tliat  we  hold  a  Conference  Pente- 
costal meeting  sometime  during  the  fall  of  the  year,  and 
that  Bishop  R.  Dubs  be  requested  to  preside.  The 
Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders  were  instructed  to  ap- 
point the  time  and  place. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Coplay,  Stemton,  Whiteliall,  Laury's,  and  vicinity 
were  formed  into  Lehigh  Yalley  Mission.  Wesners- 
ville  Mission  was  transferred  to  Pottsville  District,  to 
be  supplied  by  the  preachers  on  Kutztown  Circuit. 
Barnesville  and  Schuylkill  circuits  were  unit?d  into  one 
field. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

These  congregations  received  permission  to  collect  for 
church  debts  within  certain  prescribed  limits  as  follows: 
Prackville,  in  Pottsville  and  Allentown  districts ;  Mt. 
Carmel,  in  Pottsville  District;  Harrisburg,  in  Harris- 
burg  District;  White   Haven,  in  Allentown  District; 


1882.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE,  329 

Eighth  Str.,  Philadelphia,  in  such  charges  which  the  col- 
lector has  not  yet  visited;  Hellertown,  in  Allentown 
District  and  within  the  bounds  of  Pleasant  Yallej  Cir- 
cuit, for  a  new  church.  Bishop  Bowman  was  authorized 
to  collect  within  the  bounds  of  the  Conference  for  the 
Hamburg  church.  The  preachers  in  charge  of  the  con- 
gregations at  Port  Carbon  and  Cressona  were  urged  to 
collect  within  their  respective  fields  and  to  pa,y  off  the 
debts  on  those  churches.  The  affairs  of  the  chuiches  at 
Port  Clinton  and  Leesport  were  referred  to  their  re- 
spective presiding  elders  and  preachers  in  charge.  The 
affairs  at  Bolich's  church  were  referred  to  the  presiding 
elders  of  the  Conference,  and  the  linances  of  the  church 
at  Coaldale,  to  the  presiding  elder,  the  preacher  in 
charge,  and  the  trustees  of  the  congregation.  The  com- 
mittee to  audit  tlie  accounts  of  J.  M.  Rinker  reported 
that  tlie  church  debt  at  Shenandoah  City  had  been  re- 
duced $363.80  during  the  past  year,  and  that  the  re- 
maining indebtedness  was  $2,405.54.  The  financial  man- 
agement of  the  past  year  was  continued.  The  com- 
mittee appointed  to  assess  the  traveling  preachers,  in 
order  to  reimburse  John  Alspach  for  the  loss  he  sus- 
tained in  tiie  church  at  Scranton,  reported  that  $400 
had  been  paid  to  him.  It  was  resolved  that  the  resolutions 
of  1878,  making  the  presiding  elder  of  the  district  and 
the  preacher  in  chai'ge  of  East  Allentown  Mission  re- 
sponsible for  the  financial  management  of  that  congre- 
gation, be  considered  no  longer  in  force.  The  Conference 
treasurer  was  instructed  to  refund  $20.00  to  B.  D.  Al- 
bright, the  amount  which  he  advanced  to  save  the  church 
at  Summit  Hill  from  the  hands  of  the  slieriff.  I.  E. 
Knerr,  S.  B.  Brown,  S.  S.  Chubb,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  J. 
22 


330  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1882. 

G.  Mohn,  Geo.  Hendel,  and  Wra,  Laubenstine  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  take  charge  of  the  finances  o£ 
the  Southeast  Mission  at  Reading.  The  five  presiding 
elders  were  instructed  to  locate  the  South-East  Heading 
Mission.  J.  O.Lehr,  C.J.  Warmkessel,and  D.  Z.Kem- 
bel  were  appointed  to  dispose  of  the  old  church  property 
at  Trevorton  and  to  erect  a  new  chnr(;h  in  a  more  suit- 
able locality.  The  Hepler  church  affair  on  Mahantongo 
Circuit  was  referred  to  the  Bishop,  the  presiding  elder, 
and  the  preacher  in  charge.  C.  K.  Fehr,  C.  S.  Haman, 
and  I,  E.  Knerr  were  instructed  to  visit  the  members  at 
Bernville,  and  if  said  members  obligate  themselves  to 
raise  the  arnount  which,  in  the  judgment  of  the  committee 
they  ought  to  raise,  the  preacher  in  charge  shall  have 
the  privilege  of  collecting  the  balance  in  the  Heading 
and  Philadelphia  districts.  It  was  resolved  that  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  missionary  money  be  appropriated  to 
pay  the  interest  on  the  church  debt  at  Harrisburg.  The 
congregation  at  Kulpsville  received  permission  to  give 
a  mortgage  for  $500.00  on  their  church  property. 

EDUCATION. 

The  long  cherished  desire  for  an  educational  institu- 
tion in  our  Conference  having  at  last  been  realized,  by 
the  establishment  of  Schuylkill  Yalley  Seminary  at 
Heading,  Pa.,  the  Conference  gratefully  acknowledged 
the  goodness  of  God  in  making  us  to  abound  in  this 
grace.  The  Conference  also  commended  the  work  of 
the  Educ-ational  Committee  in  securing  a  gifted  and 
eificient  faculty  for  the  seminary,  and  their  economic 
and  highly  satisfactory  administration  of  the  finances 
of  the  school.     It   was    agreed    that  an  earnest  effort 


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be  made  to  raise  at  least  five  cents  per  member  for  edu- 
cational purposes  this  _year.  Conference  autliorized  the 
trustees  of  the  seminary  to  elect  their  treasurer.  The 
name  of  the  institution  was  changed  to  Schuylkill  Sem- 
inary and  tiie  charter  presented  by  the  trustees  was 
adopted  by  a  rising  vote.  It  was  resolved  that  if  the 
trustees  of  Schuylkill  Seminary  should  find  that  verbal 
changes  may  become  necessary  in  the  charter  adopted 
by  this  Conference,  or  that  changes  may  be  necessary 
by  legal  enactments  of  the  State,  these  changes  shall  be 
considered  as  binding  as  if  adopted  by  the  Conference. 

The  following  were  appointed  trustees :  Eevs.  Thos. 
Bowman,  I.  E.  Ivnerr,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  S.  S.  Chubb, 
A.  M.  Stirk,  W.  K.  Wieand,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  and 
Bros.  J.  G.  Mohn,  F.  G.  Boas,  D.  Gensemer,  and  J.  A. 
Medlar. 

The  hist  Sunday  of  June  in  each  year  was  set  apart 
as  our  Annual  Sunday-school  Day.  C.  S.  Haman,  C. 
K.  Fehr,  and  D.  A.  Medlar  were  appointed  examiners 
for  five  years. 

SABBATH    AND    TEMPERANCE. 

The  Conference  reasserted  the  principles  of  temper- 
ance maintained  and  observed  by  our  church  from  the 
beginning,  and  recognized  in  suitable  words  the  loyalty 
of  our  ministers  and  laymen  to  the  principles  of  total 
abstinence.  "The  Temperance  Lesson  Book,"  by  Dr. 
Richardson,  was  recommended  to  the  faculty  of  Schuyl- 
kill Seminary  to  be  used  as  a  text  book  in  the  school. 
Former  resolutions  on  the  Sabbath  were  reaffirmed. 

MEMORIALS. 

Jacob    Adams   was    born  at   Adamstown,  Lancaster 


332  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1882. 

Co.,  Pa.,  July  9tli,  1815.  He  was  a  fine  tlieoloojian, 
a  faithful  worker,  and  an  eai*nest  advocate  of  the  aboli- 
tion of  slaverj',  rum,  and  tobacco.  He  was  fearless  and 
outspoken  on  all  public  questions,  yet  kind-hearted  and 
sympathetic.     His  sun  set  in  peace  and  splendor. 

Abraham  Shultz  w^as  born  on  the  5th  driy  of  January, 
1810,  in  Milford,  Bucks  Co.,  Fa.  Brother  Shultz  was 
a  profound  theologian  and  at  times  preached  with  great 
power  and  unction.  His  last  work  on  earth  was  to  pray 
with  a  family.  Wlien  but  a  few  rods  from  the  house 
the  summons  suddenly  came  and  the  spirit  took  its 
flight  to  fairer  climes. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts: 

From  conference  collections $1,180.66 

From  the  Charitable  Society 267.00 

From  the  book  establishment 750.00 

Balance  from  last  year 97.00 

$2,294.66 

Expenditures: 

Paid  to  conference  claimants 2,102.00 

Balance  on  hand $L92.66 

On  motion  of  C.  K.  Fehr,  it  was  resolved  that  here- 
after the  treasurer  shall  receive  the  dividend  from  the 
book  establishment,  report  the  same  in  his  annual  state- 
ment to  this  body,  and  pay  the  amount  to  the  finance 
committee  which  they  need  to  satisfy  the  claims  of  the 
conference  claimants,  and  keep  the  balance,  if  any,  in 
the  treasury. 


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333 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  8tli  Sir.  Miss. $'250 
Phila.  8th  Str.  Miss. 

gi'ound  rent 150 

Plymouth  Miss 250 

Lansdale  and  Hatfield 

Miss 250 

Easton  Miss 225 

Hall    rent    in    South 

Easton 50 

A 1 1  e  n  t  o  w  n     First 

Ward  Miss 175 

Allen  town   Liberty 

Str.  Miss 275 

Emaus  Miss 200 

Lehighton  Miss 200 

Manch  Chunk  Miss..  350 
Wilkesharre  Miss. ...  350 
Lehigh  Valley  Miss.  300 
Reading  9th  Str.  Miss.  150 
Reading    South    East 

Miss 350 

Reading    South    East 

Miss.,  house  rent.  .    150 


Pottstown  Miss $  75 

Pottstown      Miss., 

house  rent 100 

Lititz    and    Manheim 

Miss 75 

Lancaster     Mulberry 

Str.  Miss 300 

Lebanon     8th    Str. 

Miss 300 

Harrisburg  Miss 200 

Hari'isburg — for  in- 
terest     125 

"Williamstown  Miss ...     50 

Tremont  Miss 200 

Schuylkill    Haven 

Miss 300 

FrackviUe  Miss 350 

Mt.  Carmel  Miss....  825 
Wesnersville  Miss .  .  .  100 
To    r.    Hoffman,   for 

last  year 100 


;,150 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— J.  C.  Horn- 

herger,  P.  E. 
PnilaUelphia  8th  St.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Germantown— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Norristown— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Plymouth- H.  M.  Capp. 
Trappe— U.  H.  Hershcy. 
Montgomery— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Lansdale  and  Hatfield— F.  Krecker. 


Mil  ford— J.  K.  Fehr. 

Pleasant  Valley— D.  Lentz  and   F.  G. 

Stauffer. 
Bethlehem— J.  D.  Woodring. 
Freemansburg— C.  D.  Dreher. 
Easton— A.  M.  Stirk. 
Bath— W.    H.    Weidner   and    W.    H. 

Stautfer. 
Bangor— W.  F.  HeU. 


334: 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1883. 


Middle  Creek— H.  H.  Romberger. 

"Wayne— J.  S.  Newhart. 

Allentown  District— C.  S.  Uaman, 

P.  E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— B.  F.  Boliner. 
Allentov/n  Turner  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— J.  Specht. 
LeliigU— E.  Butz. 
Emaus— B.  H.  Miller. 
Catasaiiqua— R.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Slatington— G.  W.  Gross. 
Berlinsville— H.  R.  Yost. 
Parryville — A.  Kindt. 
Weissport— A.  A.  Belong. 
Lehigbton— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Mauch  Chunk— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Hazleton— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Wilkesbarre— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Leliigh  Valley— D.  Yingst. 
Reading  District—/.  E.  Kneri\  P.  E. 
Reading  8th  St.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Reading  Chestnut  St. — J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Reading  9th  St.— S.  Neitz. 
Reading  South  East— S.  B.  Brown. 
Friedensburg— Thomas  Harper. 
Pottstown— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Birdsboro— L.  N.  Worman. 
Adainstown— A.  W.  W^arfel. 
Falrville— A.  M.  Sampsel. 
Lititz  and  Manheim— B.  D.  Albright. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— J.  Zern. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— J.  C.  Krause. 
Brownstown— J.    L.  Werner  and  I.  F. 

Heisler. 
Millersville— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Creswell— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Conestoga— J.  G.  Sands. 
Harrisbdrg  District— C.    K.    Fehr, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— B.  J.  Snioyer. 


Lebanon  8th  St.— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Myerstown— E.  J.  Miller. 
Womelsdorf— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Annville— J.  L.  Guinther. 
Mt.  Nebo— R.  Deisher. 
Harrisburg— W.  H.  Rinek. 
Dauphin— G.  B.  Fisher, 
Millersl)urg— H.  A.  Neitz. 
Berrysburg— A.  Dilabar. 
Williamstown— H.  J.  Glick. 
Uniontown— C.  S.  Brown. 
Tremont— F.  Hoffman. 
Pine  Grove— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Lykens— N.  A.  Barr. 

Pottsville   District  —  J.    0.  LeJir, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Schuylkill    Haven  St.  Peter's— C.    H. 

Baker. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— F.  Smith. 
Cressona— C.  H.  Egge. 
Orwigsburg— D.  G.  Reinhold. 
Port  Carbon — H.  M.  Wingert. 
Schuylkill  and  Barnesville— A.  Ziegen- 

fus  and  W.  C.  Weiss. 
Kutztown  and  Wesnersville— J.  Laros 

and  J.  S.  Overholser. 
Tamaqua— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Mahanoy  City— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Shenandoah — J.  M.  Rinker. 
Frackville— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Ashland— T.  A.  Hess. 
Mt.  Carmel— J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Shamokin— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Trevorton— C.  J.  Warmkessel. 
Mahantongo— Fr.  Sechrist. 
Dr.    F.    Krecker,    Missionary,    Tokio, 

Japan. 
H  i  r  a  k  a  w  a    Toyotsura,    Missionary, 

Tokio,  Japan. 


1883. 

The  Forty -Foxirtli  {^QtJi)  Annual  Session. 
President,  Bishop  Tliomas  Bowman. 
Secretary,  B.  J.  Smojer. 


1883.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  335 

Assistant  Secretaries,  S.  S.  Chubb,  D.  A.  Medlar,  and 
J.  H.  Shirey. 

The  Conference  met  in  Christ  Chnrch,  Phihidelphia, 
Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  February  28th,  1883.  The  follow- 
ino;  standing  committees  were  appointed: 

On  Worship, — J.  C.  Hornberger,  S.  C.  Breyfogel, 
and  W.  A.  Leopold  ;  On  Letters, — F.  Kreclvcr,  F.  Hoff- 
man, J.  M.  Savior,  J.  N.  Metzgar,  T.  Harper,  and  J. 
Zern ;  On  Quarterly  Conference  Minutes, — S.  Neitz, 
F.  P.  Lehr,  C.  H.  Baker,  E.  Bntz,  J.  K.  Fehr,  J. 
Specht,  and  B.  D.  Al!»right;  On  Boundaries, — The 
Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders;  On  Finance, — C.  H. 
Egge,  B.  H.  Miller,  A.  W.  Warfel,  A.  Dilabar,  W.  A. 
Shoemaker,  A,  A.  Delong,  and  H.  J.  Click;  On  Sta- 
tistics,— F.  Seehrist,  J.  G.  Sands,  J.  A.  Feger,  L.  IST. 
Worman,  S.  T.  Leopold,  J.  H.  Shirey,  and  H.  D. 
Shultz;  On  Education,— S.  S.  Chubb,  W.  K.  Wieand, 
S.  B.  Brown,  O.  L.  Saylor,  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  D. 
Woodring,  U.  H.  Hershey,  G.  C.  Knobel,  and  G.  W. 
Gross;  On  Chnrch  Affairs, — B.  F.  Bohner,  J.  K.  Sey- 
frit,  D.  Z.  Kembel,  J.  L.  Werner,  D.  Lentz,  J.  M. 
Rinker,  and  E.  J.  Miller;  On  Sabbath  and  Temper- 
ance,— A.  M.  Stirk,  W.  H.  Weidner,  G.  D.  Sweigert, 
D.  S.  Stauifer,  and  A.  M.  Sampsol;  On  Memorials, — 
J.  C.  Bliem,  H.  A.  Neitz,  H.  R.  Yost,  G.  A\^.  Gross, 
C.  S.  Brown,  F.  Smith,  and  G.  B.  Fisher;  Reportoi-ial 
Committee,— O.  L.  Saylor,  J.  D.  Woodring,  W.  F. 
Heil,  W.  H.  Rinek,  W.  A.  Shoemaker,  W.  C.  Kantner, 
I.  J.  Reitz,  J.  M.  Rinker,  W.  H.  Stauffer,  and  F.  G. 
Stauffer;  To  Audit  Accounts, — W.  A.  Leopold,  A.  M. 
Sampsel,  and  F.  Smith.  The  tellers  of  the  Conference 
were  H.  R.  Yost,  F.  Smith,  J.  W.  Woehrle,  J.  C. 
Krause,  and  G.  D.  Sweigert. 


336  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1883. 

J.  M.  Oplingcr,  itinerunt,  and  W.  W.  Hambright and 
Jeremiah  Rhoads,  local  preachers,  died  during  the  year. 
The  name  of  the  late  Moses  Dissinger  was  referred  to 
the  committee  on  melnori^ds.  A.  M.  Hartman  with- 
drew from  the  church.  Galen  W,  Hoover  resigned  his 
office  as  local  preacher  and  returned  his  license.  F.  G. 
Stauffer  received  credentials  to  unite  with  the  Ohio 
Conference.  D.  W.  Bicksler,  J.  W.  Hoover,  and  J.  D. 
"Woodring  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  and  W. 
H.  Stauft\3r,  F.  G.  Stauffer,  H.  H.  Romberger,  and  D. 
G.  Reinhold,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following 
received  license  as  preachers  on  tiial:  William  E. 
"Walz,  John  Stermer,  F.  DeLong  Geary,  A.  Benfield, 
Andrew  B.  Saylor,  M.  Manshardt,  William  Schuler, 
Alfred  S.  Kline,  and  William  H.  Medlar.  The  brethren, 
C.  D.  Dreher,  I.  F.  Heisler,  R.  Deisher,  C.  J.  Warm- 
kessel,  H.  M.  Wingert,  J.  S.  Overholser,  F.  E.  Erd- 
man,  and  D.  G.  Reinhold  were  received  into  the  itiner- 
ancy. R.  Deisher,  of  the  Atlantic  Conference,  and  F. 
E.  Erdman,  of  the  Michigan  Conference,  were  received 
into  this  Conference  as  elders.  J.  Derone  was  received 
as  a  local  preacher  on  trial.  R.  Yeakel,  J.  N.  Metzgar, 
H.  A.  Neitz,  J.  L,  Werner,  and  C.  H.  Baker  were  re- 
tained in  the  itinerancy  one  ye  ir.  J.  Zern,  T.  Harper, 
and  J.  Laros  took  a  supernumerary  relation. 

The  presiding  elders  were  instructed  to  report  all 
investigations  of  preachers  held  in  their  i-espective  dis- 
tricts. The  Conference  resolved  that  hereafter  all  ap- 
plicants for  the  itinerancy  shall  be  received  by  ballot 
only,  and  in  private  session.  W.  Yost,  Junior  Publish- 
ing Agent,  and  Treasurer  of  the  Orphans'  Home,  ad- 
dressed the  Conference.     Prof.   W.  E.  Walz,  Principal 


1883.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      33T 

of  Schuylkill  Seminary,  delivered  an  address  after 
which  the  Conference  expressed  its  appreciation  of  the 
abilities  which  he  had  conseci'ated  to  that  institution 
and  congratulated  the  hoard  of  missions  upon  having 
secured  his  services  as  a  missionaiy  of  the  church  to 
Japan.  The  following  were  elected  delegates  to  the 
General  Conference  :  C.  K.  Fehr,  C.  S.  Haman,  J.  C. 
Hornberger,  J.  O.  Lehr,  I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  Neitz,  B.  J. 
Smoyer,  and  S.  S.  Chubb  ;  alternates,  A.  M.  Stirk,  S. 
C.  Brevfogei;  and  B.  F.  Bohner.  W.  W.  Orwig's 
Book  of  Sermons  was  recommended  to  the  favorable 
consideration  of  the  members  of  Conference. 

It  wa^  resolved  that  hereafter  basket  collections  only 
shall  he  lifted  at  our  annual  Conference  missionary  meet- 
ings. Two  additional  questions  were  inserted  into  the  an- 
nual statistical  bhmk  :  "  What  is  the  amount  contributed 
on  this  field  of  labor  toward  the  support  of  its  preacher 
or  preachers?"  and ''What  is  the  amount  contributed 
on  this  field  of  labor  toward  the  support  of  the  presiding 
elder?" 

BOUNDARIES. 

Norristown  was  changed  to  a  mission,  Qnakertown 
was  detached  from  Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit  and  with 
the  surrounding  country  constituted  a  mission.  Wil- 
liams Township  was  taken  from  Pleasant  Valley  Cir- 
cuit, South  Easton  Class  from  Easton,  and  the  two 
formed  into  a  mission.  Miller's  class  was  transferred 
from  Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit  to  Fremansburg  Station. 
White  Haven  was  detached  from  Wilkesbarre  and  with 
the  surrounding  country  called  White  Haven  Mission. 
Howertown  was  taken  from  Berlinsville  Circuit  and  an- 


338  EVANGELICAL    LANDMAKKS.  [1883. 

nexed  to  Lehigh  Yallej  Mission.  Trevorton  was 
changed  to  a  mission.  Hamburg  and  Shoemakersville 
were  taken  from  Kutztown  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Wes- 
nersville  Mission .  Barnesville  was  attached  to  Tamaqua, 
and  Locust  Yalley  to  Mahanoy  City.  Orwigsburg  was 
constituted  a  mission.  Tower  City  and  "Reiner  City 
were  detached  from  Tremont  and  annexed  to  Lykens 
Circuit.  Coaldale  and  Lansford  were  transferred  from 
Schuylkill  Circuit  to  Port  Carbon. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

The  trustees  of  tlie  Miller's  and  Roxburg  churches, 
Bath  Circuit,  received  permission  to  appropriate  the 
money  realized  from  the  sale  of  the  parsonage  of  North- 
ampton Circuit  to  erect  a  new  church  at  Miller's, 
and  to  repair  tl}e  church  at  Roxburg.  W.  C. 
Weiss  having  saved  our  church  at  Coaldale  from  finan- 
cial disaster,  the  Conference  gratefully  acknowledged 
his  services  and  accepted  his  kind  offer  to  secure,  if  pos- 
sible, the  remaining  debt  of  $210.  These  congregations 
received  permission  to  collect,  as  follows:  Port  Clin- 
ton, on  Schuylkill  and  Kutztown  circuits;  Frackville, 
in  the  uncanvassed  portions  of  Pottsville  and  Allentown 
districts ;  Myerstown,  in  Harrisburg  District,f or  achurch 
debt  of  $1,000.00 ;  Manheim,  in  Reading  District,  for  a 
new  church;  and  Leesport,  in  Philadelphia  District,  for 
a  debt  of  $985.25,  provided  the  presiding  elder  and  the 
preacher  in  charge  find  that  the  members  at  Leesport, 
Berne,  and  Centreport  will  obligate  themselves  to  raise 
a  just  portion  of  the  amount.  The  congregation  at 
Wilkesbarre  received  permission  to  give  a  mortgage  of 
$1,000  on  a  house  and  lot  about  to  be  purchased  for  a 


1883.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  339 

parsonage.  The  Conference  recommended  a  continua- 
tion of  last  year's  committee  and  of  the  same  financial 
arrangement  at  Shenandoah  City.  Inasmuch  as  the 
congregation  at  Manheim  proposed  to  build  a  Seybert 
Memorial  Church,  the  Conference,  on  motion  of  I.  E. 
Knerr,  resolved  to  encourage  this  praiseworthy  project 
by  word  jmd  deed,  and  granted  them  permission  to  sell 
their  old  church  property  and  to  apply  the  proceeds 
towards  the  new  church.  The  Conference  extended  an 
invitation  to  all  the  friends  of  the  sainted  Bishop  Se}''- 
bert,  throughout  the  church,  to  participate  in  the  erection 
of  this  memorial.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  church 
at  Shamokin  was  burdened  with  a  debt  of  $650,  and  in 
need  of  repairs,  the  congregation  was  exempted  from 
outside  collectors.  The  urgent  financial  needs  of  the 
new  church  at  Trevorton  were  recommended  to  the  fav- 
orable consideration  of  the  Church  Building  Society, 
and  the  trustees  were  instructed  to  give  a  first  mort- 
g;ige  to  D,  Z.  Kembel,  Jos.  Kline,  Wm.  Knaj)p,  and  C. 
J.  Warmkessel  as  security  for  money  advanced  by  these 
brethren.  It  was  resolved  that  liereafter  such  com- 
mittees to  whom  the  erection  of  church  edifices  is  en- 
trusted, shall  be  duly  instructed  as  to  the  manner  of 
building  and  the  amount  of  money  to  be  invested.  The 
auditing  committee  reported  that  they  had  found  the 
accounts  of  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  collector  for  the  Philadel- 
phia Eighth  Street  church,  correct,  and  that  the  entire 
deltt  of  ten  thousand  dollars  was  paid. 

EDUCATION. 

The  presiding  elders  were  instructed  to  preach  a  ser- 
mon on  the  subject  of  education  at  each  appointment, 


340  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1883. 

and  to  collect  an  amount  equal  to  at  least  SlO  for  every 
charge  on  their  I'espective  districts  for  educational  pur- 
poses. The  Conference  expressed  its  approbation  of 
the  prudent  and  economical- administration  of  the  finan- 
ces of  Schuylkill  Seminary,  the  success  of  the  trustees, 
and  the  efficiency  of  the  faculty.  It  was  mutually 
agreed  that  at  least  five  cents  per  member  I)e  i-aised  on 
the  varions  charges  for  the  support  of  the  seminary. 

Whereas,  The  citizens  of  Millersburg,  Pa.,  and 
Fredericksburg,  Pa.,  have  submitted  liberal  financial 
offers  and  urgent  invitations  for  the  location  of  the 
seminary  in  their  midst;  therefore  be  it 

liesolved,  That  we  highly  appreciate  these  generous 
offers,  and  that  the  trustees  of  Schnylkill  Seminary  are 
hereby  directed  to  visit  the  several  proposed  localities 
and  such  others  as  may  be  brouglit  to  their  notice,  dur- 
ing the  year,  to  determine  the  advantages  and 
disadvantages  thereof,  and  report  to  the  Con- 
ference at  its  next  session.  The  following 
"were  elected  trustees  of  the  seminary :  Ivevs.  I, 
E.  Knerr,  T.  Bowman,  and  C.  S.  Haman,  and  Messrs. 
J.  G.  Mohn  and  H.  G.  Moyer  for  three  years;  Revs. 
J.  C.  Hornbergcr  and  S.  S.  Chubb,  and  Mr.  J.  R.  Carl 
for  two  years;  Revs.  A.  M.  Stirk  and  S.  C.  Breyfogel, 
and  Mr.  P.  Kellmer  for  one  year.  C.  S.  Haman,  J.  O. 
Lehr,  and  AV.  K.  Wieand  were  appointed  a 
visiting  committee  to  attend  the  commencement 
exercises  of  Schuylkill  Seminary.  B.  J.  Smoyer, 
A.  M.  Stirk,  and  J.  K.  Knerr  were  elected 
examiners  of  junior  preachers  for  five  years. 
The  necessary  average  grade  in  the  examination  of  ap- 
plicants for  license  was  reduced  from  60  to  50. 


1883.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  34:1 

MEMORIALS. 

Moses  Dissinger,  late  of  the  Kansas  Conference,  was 
an  itinerant  preacher  of  tliis  Conference  for  many  ^^ears. 
He  was  an  extraordhiary  man,  possessing  more  than 
ordinary  physical  energy  and  a  pecnliar  intellectual 
originality  which  made  him  a  powerful  preacher.  His 
memory  is  held  dear. 

J.  M.  Oplinger  was  converted  to  God  and  united 
with  the  Evangelical  Association  at  an  early  age.  He 
was  an  earnest  worker  in  God's  vineyard,  a  man  of  holy 
boldness,  and  of  unshaken  firmness. 

Jeremiah  Ehoads,  a  local  preacher,  was  a  faithful 
son  of  the  gospel,  and  an  old  and  valiant  champion  of 
the  cross. 

W.  W.  Harabright,  a  son  of  Father  Davis  Hamhright, 
was  a  useful  local  preacher  of  the  Conference.  He  was 
taken  away  in  the  prime  of  his  life  and  usefulness. 

SABBATH    AND    TEMPERANCE. 

Resolved^  That  we  give  our  united  and  unquali- 
fied support  to  the  civil  authorities  in  their  laudable 
efforts  to  suppress  all  violations  of  the  Sabbath  laws, 
and  that  we  unanimously  disapprove  of  all  trafficking  at 
campmeetings  on  Sunday. 

Resolved^  That  we  Avill  continue  to  sow  the  seeds  of 
total  abstinence  in  our  Sunday-schools  and  families  by 
the  circulation  of  healthful  temperance  literature. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts: 

Balance  on  hand $156.01 

From  conference  collections 966.19 

From  the  book  establishment 800.00 

From  the  Charitable  Society 257.85 

$2,180.05 


342 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1883. 


Expenditures: 

Paid  to  conference  claimants $2,163.00 

Paid  for  conference  expenses 14.72 


Balance  in  treasury. 


-$2,177.72 
$2.33 


MISSIONARY  APPROPRIATIONS. 


Philadelphia    Eighth 

Street $225 

Plymouth 300 

iJTorristown 100 

Qnakertown 75 

Easton 275 

Sth.  Easton  and  Wil- 
liams Township.  .  .    200 
Lansdale  and  Hattield  250 
Allentown  1st  Ward .    160 
do.      Liberty  St.  300 

Emaus 200 

Lehighton 200 

Mauch  Chunk 225 

Wilkesbarre 350 

Lehigh  Yalley 225 

White  Haven 175 

Eeading  9th  Street.  .   200 


Pottstown  and    Phce- 

nixville $175 

Pottstown,  house  rent  100 
Lititz  and  Manheim. .      75 

Lancaster 300 

Lebanon 250 

Harrisburg 200 

Harrisburg,   interest.      60 

Williamstown 75 

Tremont 200 

Schuylkill   Haven.  .  .    350 

Frackville 50 

Mt.  Carmel 325 

Trevorton 300 

Orwigsburg 200 

Wesnersville 350 


;,770 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— J^.  C.  Korn- 

herger,  P.  E. 
Philadelphia  8th  St.— J.  D.  Woodring. 
Germantown— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Norristown— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Plymouth— H.  M.  Capp. 
Trappe— U.  H.  Hershey. 
Montgomery— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Milford- J.  K.  Pehr. 


Lansdale  and  Hatfield— F.  Krecker. 
Qnakertown- F.  D.  Geary. 
Pleasant  Valley— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Bethlehem— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Freemansburg— C.  D.  Dreher. 
Easton— J.  G.  Sands. 
South  Easton  and  Williams  Tp.— W.  H. 

Stauffer. 
Bath— W.  H.  Weldner  and  W.  Schuler. 


1883.] 


THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE. 


343 


Bangor— W.  F.  Heil. 

Middle  Creek— H.  H.  Romberger. 

Wayue— D.  G.  Reinhold. 

Allentown  District— C.  S.  Hainan, 

P.  E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— B.   F.  Bohuer. 
Allentown  Turner  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— J.  Specht. 
Letiigh— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Emaus— B.  H.  Miller. 
Catasauqua— R.  M.  Liclitenwalner. 
Lehigli  Valley — D.  Yingst. 
Slatington— G.  W.  Gross. 
Berlinsville— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Parry ville—  A.  Kindt. 
Weissport— A.  A.  Belong. 
Lehigliton— Vv'.  K.  Wieand. 
Maucli  C'lmnk— H.  R.  Yost. 
Ilazleton-D.  S.  Stauffer. 
White  Haven— A.  S.  Kline. 
Wilkesbarre— J.  W.  Woelirle. 

Reading  District—/.  E.  Knerr,  P.  E. 
Reading  Stli  St.— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Reading  Chestnut  St.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Reading  9th  St.— S.  Neitz. 
Reading  South  East— To  be  supplied. 
Frieden.sburg— U.  J.  Click. 
Pottstowu— I.  J.  Reitz  and  one  to  be 

supplied. 
Birdsboro— J.  R.  Hashinger. 
Adamstowu— A.  Dilabar. 
Fairville— W.  C.  Kantuer. 
Lititz  and  Manheim— B.  D.  Albright. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— E.  Butz. 
Lancaster   Mulberry   St.— L.  N.  Wor- 

man. 
Brownstown— A.  Ziegenfus  and  A.  B. 

Saylor. 


Millersville— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Creswell— T.  A.  Hess. 
Conestoga— J.  C.  Krause. 

Harrisbukg  District— C.    K.  Fehr, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— B.  J.  Smoyer. 
Lebanon  Sth  St.— J.  M.  Rinker. 
Myerstown— E.  J.  Miller. 
Womelsdorf— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Annville— J.  L.  Guinther. 
Mt.  Nebo— R.  Deisher. 
Harrisburg— W.  H.  Rinek. 
Dauphin— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Millersburg- D.  A.  Medlar. 
Berrysburg— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Williainstown— A.  M.  Sampsel. 
Lniontown- C.  S.  Brown. 
Tremont— F.  Hoffman. 
Pine  Grove— S.  B.  Brown. 
Lykens— N.  A.  Barr. 

POTTSYILLE  DISTRICT— X  0.  LeJlV,  P.E. 

Pottsville— J.  H.  Sliirey. 

Schuylkill   Haven   St.    Peters— A.  M. 

Stirk. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— P.. Smith. 
Cressona— C.  H.  Egge. 
Orwigsburg — T.  Hai'ijer. 
Port  Carbon— H.  M.  Wingert. 
Schuylkill— J.  Savitz. 
Tamaqua— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Mahanoy  City — W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Shenandoah— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Frackville— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Ashland— I.  E.  Zimmerman. 
Mt.  Carmel— J.  S.  Overholser. 
Shamokin— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Trevorton— C.  J.  WarmkesseL 
Mahantongo— F.  Sechrist. 
Kutztown— J.  L.  Werner. 
Wesnersville— D.  Lentz. 


1883. 

The  General ,  Confei^ence. 
Presidents,  Bishops    J.  J.  Esliei-,  K.  Dubs,  and  T. 


Bowman. 


34:4:  EVANGELICA.L    LANDMARKS.  [1883. 

Secretary^  W.  Horn, 

Assistant  Secretaries^  H.  Mott,  G.  Heinmiller,  S.  P. 
Spreng,  and  U.  F.  Swengel. 

The  delegates  of  the  General  Conference  nssembled 
in  the  Linden  Street  Evangelical  church,  Allentown, 
Pa.,  Oct.  4th,  1883.'^  Eighty-seven  delegates,  repre- 
senting twenty-two  annual  confej-ences,  and  nine  ex- 
ojjicio  delegates  were  in  attendance.  A.  M.  Stirk,  al- 
ternate, took  the  scat  of  S.  Neitz,  a  delegate  of  the  East 
Pa.  Conference,  who  was  absent  on  account  of  sickness. 
S.  C.  Broyfogel  nnd  B.  F.  Bohner,  alternate  delegates 
of  the  East  Pa.  Conference,  served  temporarily  and  at 
different  tunes  as  alternates  for  S.  S.  Chubb.  The  chair- 
man announced  the  recent  decease  of  J.  G.  Zinser,  and 
Bishop  Bowman  read  a  telegram  announcing  tlie  death 
of  J.  M.  Sindlinger. 

Father  H.  Stoetzel  was  invited  to  deliver  an  address 
on  the  origin  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  inasmuch 
as  the  Gene]-al  Conference  was  holding  its  daily  ses- 
sions near  the  birthplace  and  in  the  very  cradle  of  the 
church.  This  address  was  of  the  highest  interest.  The 
women  of  our  church  having  presented  a  petition,  ask- 
ing permission  to  organize  a  Woman's  Missionary  So- 
ciety of  the  Evangelical  Association,  the  General  Con- 
ference granted  the  petition  upon  certain  prescribed 
conditions.  The  Conference  recommended  the  publica- 
tion of  a  monthly  missionary  paper  in  pamphlet  form. 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  -was  transferred  from  tiie  Atlantic 
Conference  to  the  East  Pa.  Conference.  The  presiding 
bishop  and  the  presiding  elder  of  Harrisburg  District 
were  instructed  to   supply  North  Mission,  Harrisburg, 

•See  Preface  on  page  98. 


1883.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  345 

with  a  preacher.  The  board  of  publication  was  in- 
structed to  publish  a  new  English  family  magazine  as 
soon  as  sixteen  hundred  subscribers  have  been  secured. 
Appropriate  memorial  i-esolntions  upon  the  death  of 
Dr.  F.  Krecker,  late  missionary  to  Japan,  were  adopted. 
An  expression- of  sympathy  was  sent  to  S.  Neilz  in  his 
severe  bodily  affliction. 

The  elections  resulted  as  follows:  Bishops,  J.  J. 
Esher,  R.  Dubs,  and  T.  Bowman;  publishing  agents, 
M.  Lauer  and  W.  Yost ;  editor  of  the  Christliche  Bot- 
schafte)\  W.  Horn ;  editor  of  the  J^vangelical  Messen- 
ger^  H.  B.  Hartzler ;  editor  of  the  Evcuujelische  Maga- 
zine and  German  Sunday-school  Literature,  C.  A. 
Thomas;  editor  of  the  Livhuj  Epistle  and  English  Sun- 
day-school Literature,  P.  W.  Raidabaugh ;  correspond- 
ing secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society,  S.  Heininger; 
treasurer  of  the  Missionary  Society,  S.  L.  Wiest ;  book 
steward  of  the  publishing  liouse  in  Germany,  J.  Walz  ; 
editor  of  the  Eoaiigelische  Botschafter  and  Sunday- 
school  Literature  of  Germany,  G.  Fuessle  ;  superintend- 
ent of  the  Ebenezer  Orphan  Institute,  E.  Kohr.  S.  F. 
Spreng  was  elected  fraternal  delegate  to  the  General 
Conference  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  C.  S. 
Haman  was  elected  to  represent  the  East  Pa.  Confer- 
ence in  the  board  of  publication. 

The  following  were  the  statistics  of  the  Evangelical 
Association:  Itinerant  preachers,  1,053;  local  preachers, 
618;  total  membership,  120,231;  church  buildings, 
1,622  1-6;  estimated  value,  $3,577,883;  parsonag(  s,501; 
estimated  value,  $507,205  ;  Sunday-schools,  2,131 ;  offi- 
cers and  teachers,  22,646  ;  scholars,  135,795 ;  catecheti- 
cal classes,  641 ;  catechumens,  8,233. 

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346  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1884:. 

1884. 

The  Forty-Fifth  i^lth)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary,  S.  C.  Breyfogel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  II.  Sliirey, 
and  G.  W.  Gross. 

The  East  Fa.  Conference  met  in  annual  session  in  the 
Emanuel  (Chestnut  St.)  Evane;elical  church  at  Leba- 
non, Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  February  27th,  1884.  The 
president  annonnced  the  following  standing  committees: 

On  Worship,— C.  K.  Fehr,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  J.  M. 
Kinker,  and  J.  L.  Guinther;  On  Letters, — E.  Butz,  T. 
Harper,  F.  F.  Lehr,  J.  L.  AVerner,  J.  Specht,  and  G. 
B.  Fisher;  On  Quarterly  Conference  Records, — S.  S. 
Chubb,  F.  Sechrist,  J.  C,  Bliera,  A.  Ziegenfus,  L.  N. 
Worman,  U.  H.  Hershey,  C.  S.  Brown,  and  G.  D. 
Sweigert;  On  Boundaries, — ^The  Bishop  and  the  presid- 
ing elders;  On  Finance, — A.  M.  Stirk,  B.  F.  Bohner, 
D.  Z.  Keml)el,  S.  T.  Leopold,  A.  M.  Sampsel,  F.  Smith, 
and  ]Sr.  A.  Bcirr;  On  Statistics, — J.  A.  Feger,  J.  G. 
Sands,  E.  J.  Miller,  A.  Dilabar,  H.  E.  Yost,  J.  W. 
Hoover,  and  H.  H.  Romberger ;  On  Education, — S.  B. 
Brown,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  O.  L.'Saylor,  J.  K.  Knerr,  C.  H. 
Egge,  W.  C.  Kantner,  W.  A.  Leopold,  H.  J.  Glick,  J. 
D.  Woodring,  and  G.  C.  Knoble;  On  Church  Affairs, — 
A.  Kindt,  W.  H.  Weidner,  D.  Lentz,  I.  J.  Reitz,  H. 
D.  Shultz,  B.  D.  Albright,  D.  W.  Bicksler,  and  J.  C. 
Krause;  On  Sabbath  and  Temperance, — J.  N.  Metzgar, 
A.  W.  Wavfel,  J.  K.  Fehr,  A.  A.  Belong,  J.  W. 
Woehrle,  J.  R.  Hcnsyl,  and  H.  M.  Capp;  On  Memor- 
ials,—F.  Krecker,  R.  Deisher,  B.  H.  Miller,  J.  S.  New- 


1884.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  34:7 

hart,  D.  S.  Stanffer,  W.  A.  Shoemaker,  and  T.  A.  Hess ; 
Reportorial  Committee,- — W.  K.  AVieand,  W.  A.  Leo- 
pold, W.  n.  Rinek,  W.  F.  Heil,  W.  C.  Kantner,  and  F. 
E.  Erdman;  To  Audit  Accounts, — I.  J.  Reitz,  S.  T. 
Leopold,  and  J.  M.  Rinker;  Tellers, — J.  R.  Hensyl, 
H.  M.  Capp,  C.  D.  Dreher,  and  H.  A.  Neitz.  W.  K. 
Wieand  was  appointed  to  report  the  proceedings  for  the 
Christliche  Botschafter. 

W.  Nicholaus,  a  local  preacher,  resigned  his  license, 
and  A.  M.  Manshardt,  a  local  preacher,  withdrew  from 
the  church.  Joseph  Gross,  Dr.  Fred.  Krecker,  J.  B. 
Cole,  and  Samuel  Miesse  died  during  the  past  year, 
Reuben  Yeakel  and  J.  R.  Hashinger  received  creden- 
tials. J.  C.  Hornberger  was  re-elected,  and  B.  J. 
Smoyer  and  A.  M.  Stirk  were  newly  elected,  to  the  of- 
fice of  Presiding  Elder.  J.  C.  Krause,  H.  M.  Capp, 
W.  H.  Rinek,  J.  L.  Guinther,  W.  F.  Heil,  and  Hirak- 
awa  Toyotsnra  were  elected  to  the  office  of  Elder ;  and 
C.  D.  Dreher,  H.  M.  Wingert,  L  F.  Heisler,  J.  S.  Over- 
holser,  and  C.  J.  Wai-mkessel,  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
The  following  were  licensed  as  preachers  on  trial:  E. 
B.  Manger,  Horace  A.  Smith,  Charles  C.  Speicher, 
Cyrus  M.  Rothermel,  William  W.  Yost,  John  P.  Mil- 
ler, Augustus  H.  Snyder,  G.  Holzapfel,  and  Irvin  U. 
Royer.  The  name  of  M.  Steckley  was  added  to  the  list 
of  local  deacons.  M.  W.  Harris  was  reinstated  as  local 
elder,  and  J.  R.  Hensyl  took  a  supernumerary  relation. 
The  relation  of  J.  Savitz  was  changed  from  supernum- 
erary to  active.  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  C.  H.  Baker,  J. 
L.  Werner,  S.  Neitz,  H.  A.  Neitz,  and  H.  M.  Capp 
were  retained  in  the  itinerancy  one  year  without  an 
appointment.     A.  B.  Saylor,  F.  D.  Geary,  J.  Stermer, 


348  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1884. 

W.  Scliuler,  and  A.  S.  Kline  were  received  into  the 
itinerancy.  The  supernumerary  preachers  were:  Sen- 
eca Breyfogel,  Isaac  Hess,  S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  Jas.  Bow- 
man, D.  Yingst,  J.  Zern,  T.  Harper,  J.  Laros,  and  J. 
R.  Hensyl;  the  snperannuated,  N.  Goebel,  D.  Wieand, 
C.  Gingrich,  H.  Stoetzel,  J.  K.  Knerr,  and  J.  M.  Say- 
lor.  The  confo-ence  claimants  were:  N.  Goebel  and 
wife,  D.  Wieand  and  wife,  C.  Gingrich  and  wife,  H. 
Stoetzel,  J .  M.  Saylor  and  wife,  J.  Gross  and  wife,  and 
Sisters  Schnerr,  Khoads,  Meyers,  Shell,  Shnltz,  and 
Heim,  Sister  Kenipfer  and  one  child,  one  child  of  J. 
Adams,  and  two  children  of  J.  J.  High. 

The  preachers  were  instructed  to  report  the  salaries 
received  on  their  respective  fields  of  labor  hereafter.  A 
letter  from  W.  E.  Walz,  Missionary  in  Tokio,  Japan, 
was  read,  to  which  the  secretaries  were  instructed  to 
send  an  answer.  H.  R.  Yost  was  elected  statistical 
secretary,  and  S.  S.  Chubb,  re-elected  Conference  treas- 
m-er.  W.  Yost,  Junior  Publisher,  and  J.  F.  Crowell, 
Principal  of  Schuylkill  Seminary,  addressed  the  Con- 
ference. The  brethren  pledged  their  continued  prayers 
and  support  to  the  publishing  interests  of  the  church. 
On  motion  of  G.  W.  Gross  the  members  of  Conference, 
and  our  people  in  general,  were  cautioned  to  be  careful 
in  their  recognition  of  strangers  as  evangelists.  The 
Conference  expressed  profound  sympathy  with  l»rother 
S.  Neitz,  who  had  been  severely  stricken  in  health  dur- 
ing the  past  year. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Miller's  class  was  taken  from  Freemansburg  and  an- 
nexed to  Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit.  Schnecksville  was 
transferred  from  Lehigh  Circuit  to  Lehigh  Yalley  Mis- 


18S4.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  349 

sion.  Millersville,  New  Danville,  and  vicinity  were  or- 
ganized into  Millersville  Mission.  Mt.  Joy,  Reich's 
class,  and  Milton  Grove  were  taken  from  Millersville 
Circuit  and  called  Mt.  Joy  Mission.  The  name  of 
Fairville  Station  was  changed  to  Terre  Hill.  Coaldale 
and  Lansford  were  detached  from  Port  Carbon  and 
constituted  amission.  Eingtown  was  taken  from  Shen- 
andoah Station  and  called  Kingtown  Station,  The 
church  affairs  at  Harrisbnrg  were  referred  to  a  commit- 
tee, consisting  of  the  presiding  elder  of  the  district,  the 
preacher  in  charge  of  Harrisbnrg  Mission,  C.  K.  Fehr, 
and  one  member  of  each  of  the  congregations  at  Har- 
risbure;.  The  trustees  of  both  churches  were  author- 
ized,  if  so  decided  by  this  committee,  to  sell  either  or 
both  church  properties  and  to  apply  the  proceeds  of 
such  sale  to  the  erection  of  a  new  church.  Annville 
and  Dauphin  circuits  were  constituted  missions. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

The  trustees  of  the  church  at  Shenandoah  received 
permission  to  give  a  mortgage  of  $350.00  in  place  of 
two  old  mortgages  of  §500.00.  During  the  past  year 
the  debt  upon  this  church  was  reduced  $821.00,  leav- 
ing an  indebtedness  of  $1,768.00.  The  church  at  Lees- 
port  being  burdened  with  a  debt  of  between  five  and 
six  hundred  dollars,  the  Church  Building  Society  was 
advised  to  grant  a  loan  of  $300.00  at  the  end  of  the  year, 
provided  the  congregation  raise  the  balance  of  the 
entire  claim. 

These  congregations  received  permission  to  collect 
money  within  certain  prescribed  limits,  as  follows:  Pen 
Argyl,  in  Philadelphia  and  Allentown  districts  for  a 


350  EVANGELICAL    LAKiniAEKS.  [1884. 

new  church  ;  South  Easton,  in  Philadelphia  District  for 
a  new  church;  Manheim,  Seybert  Memorial,  in  Reading 
District;  Lancaster  English  Mission,  $600  in  Reading 
District  toward  liquidatini^  a  debt  of  |1,600;  Myers- 
town,  in  Harrisburg  District ;  Hamburg,  throughout 
the  bounds  of  the  Conference.  The  trustees  of  Easton 
Mission  were  authorized  to  give  an  additional  mortgage 
for  $300,  thus  increasing  their  debt  to  $2,300.  The 
church  at  Irish  Valley,  Trevorton  Circuit,  being  in  a 
very  dilapidated  condition  and  without  trustees  or  mem- 
bers, the  preacher  in  charge  of  the  circuit  was  instructed 
to  have  trustees  elected  from  the  Trevorton  class,  who 
shall  be  empowered  to  dispose  of  the  church  building 
and  to  apply  the  proceeds  to  the  improvement  of  the 
cemetery  connected  with  the  same.  The  trustees  at 
Ashland  were  authorized  to  sell  their  church  property 
and  to  apply  the  proceeds  to  the  erection  of  a  new 
church  in  a  more  suitable  locality.  The  General  Con- 
ference having  ordered  that  a  collection  be  taken  in  all 
our  churches  for  the  erection  and  completion  of  a  Sey- 
bert Memorial  Church  at  Manheim,  Pa.,  the  brethren 
were  urgently  requested  to  act  at  once  and  to  forward 
their  collections. 

On  motion  of  J.  C.  Hornberger,  the  following  was 
adopted  :  Whereas,  The  Church  Building  Society  of 
this  Conference  has  loaned  the  Philadelphia  8th  St. 
Mission  $3,000 ;  And  Whereas,  Said  loan  was  accepted 
by  th(;  trustees  of  the  congregation  in  lieu  of  the  same 
amount  which  had  l)een  promised  them  by  the  East 
Pennsylvania  Conference;  And  Wh?:reas,  It  would  in 
our  opinion  be  prejudicial  to  our  interests  as  a  Confer- 
ence and  injurious  to   the  aNove  cliarge   to   insist  upon 


1884.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  351 


tlie  payment  of  said  amount;  therefore,  be  it  Resolved^ 
That  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  assume  said 
debt,  and  that  the  debt  to  the  Church  Building  Fund 
be  p:dd  by  such  annual  appropriations  from  the  Mis- 
sionary Treasury  as  the  Conference  may  feel  able  to 
make  until  the  whole  is  cancelled. 

The  quarterly  conference  of  Germantown  Station 
unanimously  petitioned  the  annual  conference  to  order 
English  preaching  one  Sunday  morning  of  each  month; 
the  appeal  was  granted. 


EDUCATION. 


Col.  J.  H.  Lick,  of  Fredericksburg,  Lebanon  Co., 
having  made  a  liberal  offer  to  the  trustees  of  Schuylkill 
Seminary  upon  the  conditions  that  the  institution  be 
transferred  to  Fredericksburg  and  that  the  seminary  be 
developed  into  a  college  as  soon  as  possible,  the  board 
of  trustees  presented  the  following  which  was 
adopted :  Whereas,  It  is  necessary  to  raise  $7,000 
in  ordei-  to  meet  the  offer  of  Col.  J.  H.  Lick  for  the 
erection  of  suitable  college  buildings  and  the  appropri- 
ate furnishing  of  the  same,  and  an  additional  $1,500 
in  order  to  defray  the  current  scliool  expenses  of  the 
year;  therefore,  be  it  Resolved,  1st,  That  we  expect  the 
citizens  of  Fredericksburg  to  furnish  $2,000  of  this 
amount.  2d,  That  we  most  cordially  urge  the  ministers 
of  the  East  Fa.  Conference  to  raise  the  sum  of  $2,000 
as  their  personal  contributions.  3d,  That  the  balance 
be  secured  by  an  apportionment  made  upon  the  differ- 
ent fields  of  labor,  the  presiding  elders  and  the  preachers 
in  charge  to  be  held  jointly  responsible  for  the  amount; 
the  apportionments  and  subscriptions  to  be  paid  in   one 


352  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1884. 

year  in  four  installments.  The  preachers  subscribed 
$2,225.00.  The  board  of  trustees  were  instructed  to 
secure  the  services  of  a  good  architect  and  to  appoint  a 
building  committee.  The  Conference  gave  expression 
in  suitable  words  to  its  appreciation  of  Col.  J.  H.  Lick's 
generous  proposal.  The  last  Sunday  in  September 
was  appointed  as  Seminary  Day.  S.  C.  Breyfogel 
and  S.  B.  Brown  were  appointed  to  visit  the  Atlantic 
Conference  and  enlist  their  co-operation  in  the  interests 
of  Schuylkill  Seminary.  A.  M.  Stirk,  S.  C.  Breyfogel, 
and  P.  Kellmer  were  re-elected  trustees  of  the  semi- 
nary for  three  years.  C.  K.  Fehr,  J.  O.  Lehr,  and  W. 
Iv.  Wieand  were  re-appointed  a  visiting  committee  to 
attend  the  closing  exercises. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  examinations  of  junior 
preachers  of  the  first  and  third  years  may  be  held  orally 
at  the  option  of  the  examiners.  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  I.  E. 
Knerr,  and  J.  C.  Hornberger  were  re-appointed  exam- 
iners. J.  G.  Mohn,  Treasurer  of  Schuylkill  Seminary, 
reported  that  the  receipts  of  that  institution  during  the 
year  were  $2,817.82,  and  the  expenditures,  $1,938.30. 

MEMORIALS. 

Dr.  Frederick  Krecker,  Jr.,  was  converted  to  God  at 
the  early  age  of  eight  years.  Thirteen  years  of  his  life 
were  devoted  to  the  practice  of  medicine,  during  which 
time  he  was  an  active  and  successful  worker  in  the 
church  and  Sunday-school.  In  1876  he  was  licensed  to 
preach  the  gospel  and  was  appointed  hy  the  hoard  of 
missions  as  a  missionary  to  Japan,  arriving  in  that  coun- 
try in  the  month  of  October  of  the  same  year.  He  and 
his  companion  devoted  themselves  to  their  calling   with 


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true  heroism  and  labored  in  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  with 
good  success.  Joseph  Gross  was  converted  in  the  year 
1837  and  united  with  our  church  as  soon  as  it  had 
gained  a  foothold  in  the  city  of  Allentown.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1841.  Brother  Gross  was  the 
author  of   several  books. 

James  B.  Cole,  a  faithful  local  preacher,  an  earnest 
Sunday-school  worker,  and  a  strong  advocate  of  temper- 
ance, died  in  peace  at  Allentown.  Samuel  Miesse  was 
converted  in  early  life  and  labored  as  an  itinerant 
preacher  for  a  number  of  years.  His  last  words  were 
"Jesus,  bless  my  soul." 

SABBATH    AND    TEMPERANCE. 

The  Conference  resolved  to  make  more  determined 
efforts  to  maintain  the  sanctity  of  the  Sabbath  and  to 
give  united  and  unqualified  support  to  all  civil  authori- 
ties in  their  laudable  efforts  to  suppress  every  violation 
of  the  Sabbath  laws. 

Temperance  catnpmeetings  and  the  distribution  of 
temperance  literature  w^ere  commended  as  efficient 
means  to  educate  the  people  on  this  subject.  Constitu- 
tional prohibition  for  the  state  and  nation  were  re-af- 
firmed. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts : 

Balance  from  last  year $        2.03 

From  the  Charitable  Society 213.00 

From  the  book  establishment 800.00 


Total , $1,015.03 

E-rpenditures : 

To  Conference  claimants  and  for  expenses. .  .  $    943.83 

Balance  in  treasury $      71.20 


354 


EVANGELICAL    LAiS^DMARKS. 


[1884. 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.,  8th  Street.. $175.00 

Philadelphia 250.00 

Norrlstown 100.00 

Plymouth 325.00 

Lansdale  and  Hat- 
field      250.00 

Quakertowu 200.00 

Easton 275.00 

South  Easton 350.00 

Allen  town,    1st 

Ward 225.00 

Allen  town,  Lib- 
erty Street 300.00 

Emaus 200.00 

Lehighton 250.00 

Mauch  Chunk 225.00 

Wilkesbarre 350.00 

White  Haven 175.00 

Lehigh  Valley 400.00 

Eeading,  9th  St.  .  .   200.00 
Pottstown  and 

Pho3nixville 175.00 

Lititz  and  Manheim     75.00 


Lancaster $300.00 

Lebanon 250.00 

Havrisburg 250.00 

Harrisburg,  int.  .  .  60.00 

Mount  Joy 250.00 

Trevorton 300.00 

Trevorton 160.7y 

Williamstown 75.00 

Tremont 200.00 

Schuylkill  Haven.  350.00 

Frackville 350.00 

Mt.  Carmel 375.00 

Orwigsburg 200.00 

Wesnersville 300.00 

Annville 150.00 

Dauphin 100.00 

Coaldale 200.00 

Ashland 300.00 

F.  HoffmaUjfor  last 

year 75.00 


Total $8,745.79 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  A'.  Fehr, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sth  St.— J.  D.  Woodriug. 
Germ^ntown— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Noriistown— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Plymouth— r.  II.  Ilershey. 
Trappe-W.  H.  Kioek. 
■Montgomery— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Milford— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Lansdale  and  Ilatfleld— G.  C.  Knobel. 


Quakertown— P.  Krecker. 
Pleasant  Valley— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Betlilehem— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Freemansburg— I.  U.  Royer. 
Easton— J.  G.  Sands. 
South  Easton  and  Williamstown— W. 

H.  Stauller. 
Bath— R.  Deisher  and  W.  Schuler. 
Bangor— W.  F.  Heil. 
Middle  Creek— C.  C.  Sneicher. 


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Wayne— D.  G.    Eeinhold    and    H.  A. 
Smith. 

Allentown  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.  E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Allentown  Turner  St.— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  O.  Letir. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— J.  Specht. 
Lehigh  Circuit— A.  W.  Warlel. 
Emaus— B.  H.  Miller. 
Catasauqua— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Lehigh  Valley— 1>.  Lentz. 
Slatington— G.  W.  Gross. 
Berlinsville— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Parryville— H.  M.  Wingert. 
Weissport— A.  A.  Belong. 
Lehigliton— S.  S.  Chubb. 
MaUL-h  Chunk— H.  K.  Yost. 
Hazleton— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
White  Haven— A.  S.  Kline. 
Wilkesbarre— J.  W.  Woehrle. 

Reading  District- J^.  C.  Honiberger, 

P.  E. 
Reading  Sth  St.-  W.  K.  Wieaud. 
Reading  Chestnut  St.— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Reading  9th  St.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Friedensburg— H.  J.  Glick. 
Pottstown    and    Phoeuixville— I.    F. 

Ueisler  and  F.  D.  Geary. 
Birdsboro— C.  D.  Dreher, 
Adamstown— A.  Dilabar. 
Terre  Hill— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Conestoga— J.  C.  Krause. 
Lititz  and  Manheim— B.  D.  Albright. 
Brownstown— A.    Ziegeufus    and     C. 

Rothermel. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— E.  Butz. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— L.  N.  Wor- 

man. 
Millersville— A.  B.  Saylor. 
Cre.swell— T.  A.  Hess. 


Harkisburg  District— .4.  M.   stirk, 

P.  E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Lebanon  8th  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Myerstown— B.  J.  Miller. 
Womelsdorl— J.    L.  Guinther  and  P. 

Hoffman. 
Anuville— A.  Kindt. 
Mt.  Nebo— H.  H.  Romberger. 
Mt.  Joy— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Harrisburg— J.  N.  Metzgar. 
Dauphin— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Millersburg— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Benyeburg— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Uniontown— C.  S.  Brown. 
Trevorton— C.  Warmkessel. 
Lykens— J.  S.  Overholser. 
Williamstown— A.  M.  Sarapsel. 
Tremont— To  be  supplied. 
Pine  Grove— S.  B.  Brown. 

PoTTSViLLE  District— -B.   J.  Smoyer, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Schuylkill   Haven   St.   Peter's-J.  M. 

Rinkcr. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— F.  Smith. 
Cressona— C.  H.  Egge. 
Orwigsburg— T.  Harper. 
Port  Carbon— J.  P.  Miller. 
Schuylkill  Circuit— J.  Savitz. 
Kutztown— W.    H.    Weidner    and    J. 

Stermer. 
Coaldale  and  Langford— A.  H.  Snyder. 
Tamaqua— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Mahanoy  City-W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Shenandoah  City— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Ringtown— To  be  supplied. 
Frackville— N.  A.  Barr. 
Ashland— I.  E.  Zimmerman. 
Mt.  Carmel— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Shamokin— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Mahantongo— F.  Sechrist. 


1885. 

The  Fortij-Sixth  {18tk)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  R.  Dubs. 
Secretary,  S.  C.  Breyfogel. 


356  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1885. 

Assistant  Secretaries^  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  H.  Shirej, 
and  G.  W.  Gross. 

The  membei's  of  the  Conference  assembled  in  the 
Emanuel  Evangelical  church  at  Catasanqua,  Pa.,  on 
Wednesday,  February  25th,  1885.  The  president  ap- 
pointed the  following  staoding  committees  : 

On  Worship, — C.  S.  Haman  and  B.  F.  Bohiier;  On 
Letters, — E.  Butz,  J.  Specht,  F.  Sechrist,  T.  Harper, 
F.  F.  Lehr,  J.  L.  Werner,  G.  B.  Fisher,  A.  Ziegenfns, 
J.  S.  Newhart,  and  W.  H.  Rinek ;  On  Quarterly  Con- 
ference Kecords,- — S.  B,  Brown,  J.  C.  Bliem,  W.  F. 
Heil,  W.  C.  Kantner,  W.  A.  Shoemaker,  E.  J.  Miller, 
W.  H.  Weidner,  A.  W.  Warfel,  and  B.  H.  Miller;  On 
Education, — I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  S.  Chubb,  D.  A.  Medlar, 
B.  D.  Albright,  J.  H.  Shirey,  O.  L.  Saylor,  U.  H.  Her- 
shey,  S.  T.  Leopold,  and  G,  C.  Knobel ;  On  Bound- 
aries,— The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On 
Finance, — W.  Iv.  Wieand,  D.  Z.  ivembel,  C.  S.  Brown, 
R.  Deisher,  J.  M.  Rinker,  A.  Dilabar,  G.  W.  Gross, 
F.  Smith,  and  L  J.  Reitz ;  On  Church  Affairs, — S.  S. 
Chubb,  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  A.  Kindt,  H.  D.  Shnltz,  H.  J. 
Click,  J.  K.  Knerr,  C.  H.  Egge,  J.  K.  Fehr,  and  D. 
Lentz;  On  Statistics,— J.  A.  Feger,  H.  R.  Yost,  J.  G. 
Sands,  J.  L.  Guinther,  N.  A.  Barr,  J.  S.  Overholser, 
T.  A.  Hess,  J.  W.  Hoover,  and  J.  R.  Hensyl ;  On  Sab- 
bath and  Temperance, — J.  N.  Metzgar.  B.  F.  Bohner, 
W.  A.  Leopold,  A.  M.  Sampsel,  F.  E.  Erdman,  D.  W. 
Bicksler,  D.  S.  Stauffer,  H.  D,  Shultz,  and  J.  C.  Krause ; 
On  Memorials, — F.  Krecker,  J.  O.  Lehr,  F.  Hoffman, 
J.  Savitz,  G.  D.  Sweigert,  J.  W.  Woehrle,  W.  H.  Stauf- 
fer, A.  A.  Belong,  and  H.  H.  Romberger;  Re- 
portorial  Ooinmittee, — O.  L.  Saylor,  C.  1).  Hreher,  J. 


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R.  Hensyl,  W.  Schuler,  D.  W.  Bicksler,  L.  N.  Wor- 
maii,  I.  F.  Heisler,  and  F.  E.  Erdman;  To  Audit  Ac- 
counts—H.  D.  Shultz,  ^Y.  F.  Heil,  and  W.  II.  Einek. 
G.  C.  Knobel  was  appointed  to  report  the  proceedings 
for  the  Christliche  Botschafter,  and  D.  A.  Medlar  for 
the  Evangelical  Messenger. 

A.  H.  Overholt,  D.  Hambright,  and  Seneca  Breyfo- 
gel  died  during  the  past  year.  A.  D.  Light  received 
credentials.  E.  B.  Manger  withdrew  from  the 
church  during  the  past  year.  C.  H.  Baker  took  a  su- 
perannuated and  J.  R.  Hensyl,  an  active  relation.  Isaac 
Hess,  H.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  S.  Neitz,  D.  S.  Stauffer,  J. 
N.  Metzgar,  J.  L.  Werner,  H.  M.  Capp,  and  J.  O.  Lehr 
were  retained  in  the  itinerancy  one  year  without  an  ap- 
pointment. H.  H.  Romberger,  D.  G.  Reinhold,  and 
W.  H.  Stauffer  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder ; 
aud  J.  Stermer,  F.  D.  Geary,  A.  B.  Saylor,  A.  S. 
Kline,  W.  Schuler,  and  W.  E.  Walz,  missionary  to 
Japan,  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  received 
license  as  preachers  on  trial:  Edwin  R.  Seip,  D.  J.  Eb- 
ert,  Benjamin  C.  Krnpp,  Alfred  J.  Brunner,  Stephen 
Bnntz,  William  J.  Johnson,  Albert  E.  Williams,  W. 
W.  Fetter,  David  S.  Manning,  and  A.  H.  Doerstler. 
The  brethren  A.  Krecker,  of  the  Oregon  Conference, 
and  J.  M.  Longsdorf,  of  the  Central  Pa.  Conference, 
were  received  into  this  Conference  in  the  same  relation 
which  they  sustained  to  the  above  named  conferences, 
upon  condition  that  their  credentials  be  presented  as 
soon  as  possible.  A.  F.  Leopold  was  received  into  this 
Conference  in  the  same  relation  which  he  sustained  to 
the  Atlantic  Conference.  A.  Krecker,  G.  C.  Knobel, 
J.  M.  Longsdorf,  J.  P.  Miller,  A.  H.  Snyder,  W.  E. 


358  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1885. 

Walz,  and  I.  U.  Royer  were  received  into  the  itinerancy. 
The  supernumerary  preachers  were:  S.  EI.7,  J.  Fry,  J. 
Bowman,  D.  Yingst,  J.  Zern,  T.  Harper,  and  J.  Laros. 
The  superannunted  preachers  and  conference  claim- 
ants were:  N.  Goebel  and  wife,  D.  Wieand  and  wife, 
C.  Gingrich  and  wife,  J.  M.  Saylor  and  wife,  J.  K. 
Knerr  and  wife,  C.  H,  Baker  and  wife,  F.  Hoffman  and 
wife,  H.  Stoetzel,  Sisters  Schnerr,  Rhoads,  Myers,  Kemp- 
f  er.  Gross,  Schell,  Heim,  Sister  Adams  and  one  child,  and 
one  child  of  J.  J.  High. 

W.  Yost,  junior  publisher,  addressed  the  Conference 
in  the  interests  of  our  publishing  house.  The  Confer- 
ence adopted  resolutions  of  sympathy  with  the  brethren, 
S.  Neitz,  D.  S.  Stauifer,  and  H.  M.  Wingert,  who  were 
suifering  under  severe  bodily  affliction.  On  motion  of 
W.  K.  Wieand  the  president  and  the  seci-etary  of  the 
Conference  were  instructed  to  sign  a  petition  addressed 
to  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania,  earnestly  requesting 
that  honorable  body  to  approve  a  bill  now  on  file  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  and  having  reference  to  a 
marriage  license  law.  The  question,  "What  is  the 
amount  contributed  for  house  rent  or  interest  on  par- 
sonage ? "  was  inserted  into  the  Annual  Conference  sta- 
tistical form.  H.  R.  Yost  was  elected  statistical  secre- 
tary and  S.  S.  Chubb  was  re-elected  Conference  treas- 
urer. On  motion  of  H.  D.  Shultz  it  was  resolved  that 
the  brethren  appointed  by  the  Conference  to  collect  for 
churches  shall  be  required  to  present  to  the  auditing 
committee  all  books  and  papers  used  in  the  canvass. 
The  following  was  adopted :  It  is  our  opinion  that  no 
meetings  of  any  kind,  except  the  usual  regular  divine 
services,  shall  be  held  in  any  of  our  churches,  except  by 


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consent  of  the  presiding  elder,  the  preacher  in  charge, 
and  the  trustees. 

Some  of  our  nnordained  preachers  liaving  of  late 
taken  upon  themselves  the  right  to  perforin  marriage 
ceremonies  and  administer  the  sacrament  of  holy  bap- 
tism, the  Conference  declared  such  actions  a  violation  of 
the  spirit  of  our  church  Discipline. 

A  letter  addressed  to  the  Conference  from  Bishop  J. 
J,  Esher  and  dated  Tokio,  Japan,  January  24th,  1885, 
was  read.  In  this  comnnini(;ation  the  Bishop  refers  to 
the  ordination  of  Hiiakawa  Toyotsura,  missionary  at 
Hinoyeki,  Japan,  and  a  member  of  this  Conference,  to 
the  office  of  deacon.  This  was  the  lirst  ordination  by 
our  church  in  heathen  lands  and  of  a  convert  from 
heathendom. 

BOUNDARIES. 

A  mission  was  located  in  the  State  of  Florida. 
Freemansburg,  Reddington,  and  vicinity,  were  taken  up 
as  a  mission.  Hellertown  Mission  was  connected  with 
Pleasant  Yalley  Circuit.  Turkey  Hill  and  Mt.  Zion 
were  taken  from  Terre  Hill  and  with  Bowrnansville, 
Red  Run,  and  Denver,  wore  constituted  a  mission. 
Reiner  City  and  Tower  City  were  taken  from  Lykens 
Circuit  and  constituted  a  mission.  Lykens,  Wiconisco, 
and  Dayton  were  called  Wiconisco  Mission.  Freder- 
icksburg, Union,  and  Lickdale  were  taken  from  Mount 
Nebo  Circuit  and  called  Fredericksburg  Mission.  Port 
Carbon  was  changed  into  a  mission.  It  was  resolved 
that  Ashland  Mission  and  Ringtown  Station  be  served 
together.  The  East  Reading  Chapel  was  placed  under 
the  charge  of  the  Reading  Eighth  Str.  Station.  Lan- 
caster Water  Str.  Station  and  Port  Carbon  were 
changed  into  missions. 


360  EVAVGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1885, 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

Lancaster  English  Mission  received  permission  to 
collect  in  Reading  District,  with  the  exception  of  the 
city  of  Reading,  for  a  church  debt;  Coplaj  class,  in 
Allentown  District,  for  a  new  church ;  the  Kutztown 
congregation,  in  Pottsville  District  south  of  the  Blue 
Mountain,  in  the  city  of  Reading,  and  on  Fleetwood 
Circuit,  for  the  erection  of  a  new  church  edifice ;  the 
South  Easton  congi'egation,  in  Allentown  District,  for 
a  debt  of  $1,931.50;  Kulpsville  class,  in  Philadelphia 
District,  for  a  debt  of  $868.45;  the  congregation  at  Pen 
Argyl,  in  Philadelphia  District,  for  a  new  church.  The 
last  named  congregation  was  instructed  not  to  finish  the 
second  story  of  the  churcli  until  the}^  are  able  to  pay 
for  it.  The  congregation  at  Ringtown  was  instructed 
to  accept  the  offer  of  Enoch  Manbeck  to  cancel  liis 
claim  of  $569.60  against  that  church  in  exchange  for  1^ 
acres  of  ground  for  which  the  congregation  paid  $85 
per  acre.  The  practicability  of  erecting  a  church  at 
Harrisburg  was  referred  to  the  presiding  elder,  the 
preacher  in  charge,  J.  N.  Mctzgar,  and  two  lay  mem- 
bers of  the  society,  to  be  selected  by  the  presiding 
elder,  who  shall  constitute  a  building  committee.  This 
committee  was  instructed  to  proceed  to  build,  provided 
the  present  indebtedness  of  two  thousand  dollars  shall 
not  be  increased  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  addi- 
tional. Permission  was  granted  to  the  trustees  of  the 
Shamrock  church  to  give  a  mortgage  of  $525  on  their 
church  property.  Tlie  financial  ditficnlties  of  our  church 
at  Leesport  were  referred  to  the  presiding  elder  and 
preacher  in  charge.  The  requests  of  the  churches  at 
flellertown  and  Frackville  were  referred  to  the  Church 


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Biiilding  Society  for  favorable  consideration.  E.  J. 
Miller,  collector,  reported  that  daring  the  past  year 
$960.46  had  been  secured  and  paid  on  the  church  debt 
at  Myerstown,  leaving  a  deficit  of  $257.80.  H.  D. 
Shultz,  financial  agent  at  Shenandoah,  reported  that 
$825.13  had  been  expended  for  repairs  and  $364.43 
towards  the  liquidation  of  the  debt,  leaving  an  indebt- 
edness of  $1,403.57.  The  following  is  a  summary  of 
the  accounts  of  the  Seybert  Memorial  Church :  The  cost 
of  lot  and  building  was  $10,079.34;  cash  received  at 
home  and  throughout  the  Conference,  $5,526.89 ;  from 
collections  ordered  by  the  General  Conference,  $862.06  ; 
for  old  church  property,  $942.80 ;  material  sold,-$84.43 ; 
total  cash  receipts,  $7,416.18;  present  indebtedness, 
$2,663.16 ;  amount  unsecured,  $203.79. 

EDUCATION, 

The  report  of  Thos.  S,  Stein,  Acting  Principal  of 
Schuylkill  Seminary,  was  characterised  as  able,  practi- 
cal, and  encouraging  in  its  tone.  Fifteen  hundred  dol- 
lars were  apportioned  among  the  presiding  elder  dis- 
tricts to  defray  the  current  expenses  for  the  ensuing 
year,  the  presiding  elders  and  preachers  in  charge  to  be 
held  jointly  responsible  for  the  amount.  The  Confer- 
ence instructed  the  trustees  to  secure  the  amount  neces- 
sary for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  college  build- 
ing. B.  J.  Smoyer,  J.  D.  Woodring,  and  D.  A.  Med- 
lar were  appointed  a  visiting  committee  to  attend  the 
closing  exercises  of  the  seminary. 

S.  C.  Breyfogel,  one  of  the  delegates  appointed  by 
this  Conference  to  visit  the  Atlantic  Conference  in  the 
interests  of   Schuylkill   Seminary,  reported   (owing  to 

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362  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1885. 

sickness,  liis  C(jlle;igne,  S.  B.  Brown,  was  not  able  to 
go,)  that  the  conference  thus  visited  indicated,  both  by 
resolution  and  by  public  individual  expression,  a  deep 
interest  in  the  projected  college  ;  that  they  appointed  a 
committee  to  attend  the  commencement  exercises  of  the 
school ;  and  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  delegates,  a  fur- 
ther continuance  of  such  fraternal  relations  upon  the 
subject,  would  be  of  vital  importance  to  our  educational 
interests. 

I.  E.  Knerr  was  appointed  to  represent  tbe  interests 
of  the  seminary  at  the  next  session  of  the  Atlantic 
Conference.  J.  C.  Hornberger,  S.  S.  Chubb,  and  J.  U. 
Carl  were  elected  trustees  of  the  seminary  for  three 
years.  The  committee  on  education  was  instructed 
hereafter  to  nominate  the  examiners  for  applicants  for 
license,  and  that  the  examiners  for  the  itinerancy  are 
to  serve  three  years,  one  to  be  appointed  each  year  by 
the  same  committee.  J.  K.  Seyfrit,  B.  F.  Bohner,  and 
J.  G.  Sands  were  appointed  examiners  of  applicants  for 
the  itinerancy ;  and  W.  K.  Wioand,  G.  W.  Gross,  and  J. 
D.  Woodring  to  examine  junior  preachers  for  live  years. 

The  preachers  were  again  urged  to  organize  cate- 
chetical classes  wherever  practicable.  To  expedite  the 
carrying  out  of  this  resolution,  it  was  suggested  that 
where  the  people  are  not  friendly  to  such  a  course,  a 
decided  position  on  the  part  of  the  pastor,  tempered 
with  prudence,  patience,  and  perseverance,  will  soon 
overbear  all  such  objections. 

J.  G.  Mohn,  treasurer  of  Schuylkill  Seminary,  re- 
ported that  the  receipts  of  that  institution  during  the 
past  Conference  year  were  $3,224.59,  including  the 
Conference  apportionment;  the  expenditures,  $2,240.70. 
The  trustees   of  the   seminary   through  their  secretary 


1885.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  363 

reported  the  following,  which  was  referred  to  the  pre- 
siding elders:  ^''Resolved,  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  the 
trustees  of  the  seminary,  that  the  East  Pennsylvania 
Conference  should  at  this  session  locate  a  mission  at 
Fredericksburg,  with  the  understanding  that  the  mission- 
ary appointed  there,  shall  be  a  member  of  the  building 
committee." 

MEMORIALS. 

Davis  Hambright  was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
January  3,  1810.  He  was  converted  early  in  life,  when 
the  work  of  the  Lord  was  despised,  and  God's  people 
treated  with  contempt  in  the  place  of  his  nativity. 
Soon  after  his  conversion  he  experienced  a  call  to  the 
ministry,  to  which  he  faithfully  responded.  His  spirit 
of  self-denial  was  great,  being  willing  to  go  wherever 
sent,  and  work  for  the  salvation  of  souls.  By  his 
great  zeal  and  fiery  pulpit  efforts,  he  laid  the  ground 
work  of  religion  in  the  hearts  of  many  who  call  him 
their  spiritual  father. 

Seneca  Breyfogel  was  born  in  Berks  County,  Pa., 
February  18,  1823.  As  a  preacher  Brother  Breyfogel 
was  original,  clear,  and  eminently  Scriptural,  his  ser- 
mons manifesting  a  deep  and  constant  study  of  God's 
Word.  He  was  an  earnest  defender  of  the  doctrine  of 
Christian  Perfection,  as  taught  by  the  Evangelical  As- 
sociation, and  his  life  was  in  beautiful  accord  with  the 
doctrine  he  so  fearlessly  preached,  and  so  humbly  pro- 
fessed. He  was  especially  successful  as  a  revivalist, 
the  last  year  of  his  ministry,  having  been  conspicuously 
blessed  with  a  gracious  revival  of  religion.  His  influ- 
ence as  a  preacher  and  pastor  is  felt  to-day  on  every 
charge  where  he  labored.  Many  pious  men  and  women 
thank  God  for  his  life,  and   for  his  private  and  public 


364  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1885. 

ministrations.  Under  his  superintendence,  four  new 
churches  were  built  and  debts  liquidated  on  a  number 
of  others. 

Aaron  H.  Overholt  was  born  in  Berks  County,  Pa., 
September  25,  1834.  He  was  converted  in  1860.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  1864,  and  served  as  an  itiner- 
ant for  a  number  of  years.  From  the  time  of  his  loca- 
tion up  to  tlie  time  of  his  death,  lie  held  creditably  his 
relation  to  his  Conference  as  local  elder.  Brother 
Overholt  was  a  man  of  good  judgment  and  wise  coun- 
sel, and  an  earnest  and  faithful  worker  in  the  church 
and  Sabbath-school.  He  died  in  great  peace.  A 
memorial  service  was  held  in  which  addresses  were  de- 
livered by  F.  Krecker,  Bishop  T.  Bowman,  and  C.  K. 
Fehr. 

SABBATH    AND    TEMPERANCE. 

In  addition  to  a  reassertion  of  former  declarations  on 
Sabbath  observance,  it  was  resolved  that  we  are  most 
unqualifiedly  opposed  to  Sunday  newspapers  and  that  we 
will  use  our  influence  against  them  by  word  and  deed. 

It  was  resolved  that  we  are  in  favor  of  Constitutional 
Prohibition  and  that  we  consider  it  a  violation  of  our 
discipline  for  any  of  our  members  either  to  sign  appli- 
cations for  liquor  license  or  to  rent  their  properties  for 
the  sale  of  liquors. 

FINANCE. 

lieceipts : 

Balance  in  treasury $      71.20 

From  the  book  establishment 1,187.00 

From  the  Charitable  Society 195.00 

From  the  conference  collections 1,252.42 

$2,705.62 


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365 


E,r'2)enditiires : 
Paid  to  conference  claimants  and  for  expenses,  82,489.03 


Balance  on  hand §    216.59 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Philadelphia   8th  Str.^ 
Philadelphia     "  ■  " 

Norristown 

Plymouth 

Lansdale  and  Hatfield 

QuakertoAvn 

Helleitown 

Freeman  sburg 


Easton 

South  Easton  and 
AYilliams  Twp 

Allentown   1st  Ward 

Allentovvn  Liberty  St. 

Emaus 

Lehighton 

Mauch  Clmnk 

Wilkesbarre 

White  Haven 

Lehigh  Yalley 

Reading  9th  Street.  . 

Pottstown  and  Phoen- 
ixville 

Pottstown  house  rent 

Lancaster  Mulberry 
Street  

Millersville 

Lititz  and  Manheim. 


^75 

250 
75 
275 
300 
250 
200 
150 
275 

350 
225 
300 
200 
250 
250 
350 
250 
400 
175 

200 
150 

300 

75 
75 


Denver  and  Bowmans- 

ville $150 

Lancaster  Water  Str.     50 

Lebanon 225 

Harrisburg 450 

Harrisburg   interest. .      60 
Trevorton     to    be  ap- 
plied as  last  year.  .    280 

Mt.  Joy 250 

Fredericksburg 300 

Annville 200 

Wiconisco 150 

Dauphin 75 

Williamstown 75 

Florida 500 

Schuylkill    Haven.  ..   350 

Frackville 350 

Mt.  Carmel 350 

Orwio-sburo; 200 

Wesnersville. 350 

Coaldale 200 

Ashland  to  be  applied 

as  last  year 300 

Port    Carbon 100 


Total $10,465 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1885. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  K.  Fehr, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sth  St.— J.  D.  Woodring. 
Germantown— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Norristowu— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Plymouth— W.  H.  Riaek. 
Trappe-F.  Smith. 

Lansdale  and  Ilatfleid — G.  C.  Knobel. 
Montgomery  f  J.  S.  Newhart. 
Quakertown  ^F.  Krecker. 
Milford— F.  Sechrist. 
Pleasant  Valley  jW.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Hellertown  ic.  Rothermel. 

Bethlehem— O.  L.  Saylor. 
Freemansburg  - 1.  U.  Roytr. 
Eastou— J.  G.  Sands. 
S.  Eastou  and  Williams  Twp.— W.  H. 

Stauffer. 
Bath— R.  Deisher  and  A.  E.  Williams. 
Bangor— A.  Krecker. 
Middle  Creek— D.  G.  Reinhold. 
Wayne— H.  A.  Smith. 

Allentown  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Allentown  Turner  St.— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  Specht. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Lehigh— D.  Yingst. 
Emaus— J.  Stermer. 
Catasauqua — B.  F.  Bohner. 
Lehigh  Valley— D.  Lentz. 
Slatington— A.  S.  Kline. 
Berlinsville— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Parryville— H.  M.  Wingert. 
Weissport— C.  H.  Egge. 
Lehighton— G.  W.  Gross. 
Mauch  Chunk— H.  R.  Yost. 
Hazletou— S.  B.  Brown. 
White  Haven— W.  Schuler. 
Wilkesbarre— J.  W.  Woehrle. 

Reading  District -J".  C.  Hornberger, 

P.E. 
Reading  Sth  St.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Reading  6th  St— S.  C.  Breyfogel. 
Reading  9th  St.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
East  Reading  Chapel— F.  Hoffman. 
Friedensburg— II.  J.  Click. 


Pottstown    and   Phoenixville— I.     F. 

Ileisler  and  B.  C.  Krupp. 
Birdsboro— C.  D.  Dreher. 
Adamstown— B.  D.  Albright. 
Terre  Hill— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Denver   and   Bowmansville— W.   W. 

Fetter. 
Conestoga— J.  C.  Krause. 
Lititz  andManheim— \.  Dilabar. 
Brownstown — A.  Ziegenfus  and  A.  J. 

Brunner. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— E.  Bittz. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— L.  N.    Wor- 

man. 
Millersville— A.  B.  Saylor. 
Creswell— T.  A.  Hess. 

Harrisburg  District— .4.   M.   Stirk, 

P.E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Lebanon  Sth  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
IMyerstown— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Womelsdorf — J.  Savitz. 
Annville— A.  Kindt. 
Mt.  Nebo— H.  H.  Romberger. 
Mt.  Joy— E.  J.  Miller. 
Harrisburg— S.  S.  Chubb. 
Dauphin— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Millersburg— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Berrysburg— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Uniontown— C.  J.  Warmkessel. 
Trevorton— F.  D.  Geary. 
Wiconisco — J.  S.  Overholser. 
Tremont   and   Reiner   City— W.    W. 

Yost. 
Williamstown— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Pine  Grove— A.  M.  Sampsel. 
Fredericksburg— W.  F.  Hed. 
Florida  Mission — J.  L.  Guinther. 

Pottstille   District— B.  J.  Smoyer, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Schuylkill    Haven  St.  Peter's— J.    M. 

Rinker. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— U.  H.  Her- 

shey. 
Cressona— B.  H.  Miller. 
Orwigsburg— T.  Harper. 
Port  Carbon— J.  P.  Miller. 


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Schuylkill  -N.  A.  Barr. 
Kntztown— W.  H.  Weidner  and  C.  C. 
SpeicUer. 


Prackville— J.  M.  Longsdorf. 
Aslilaud— J.  K.  Fehr. 
Eingtown— B.  R.  Seip. 


Coaldale  and  Lansford— A.  H.  Snyder,    j   Mt.  Carmel— J.  IJ.  Ilensyl. 


Tamaqiia— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Mahanoy  City— J.  K.  Seyfrlt. 
Slienaudoah— H.  D.  Sliultz. 


Shamokin— A.  A.  Belong. 
Mahantongo— C.  S.  Brown. 


1886. 

The  Forty-Seventh  {79ih)  Ammal  Session. 

President,  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman. 

Secretary,  S.  C.  Brejfogel. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  H.  Sliirey,  G. 
W.  Gross,  and  H.  D.  Slinltz. 

The  forty-seventh  annual  session  of  the  East  Penn- 
sylvania Conference  was  held  in  the  Immanucl  Church, 
Sixth  street,  Reading,  Fa.,  beginning  Wednesday,  Feb- 
ruary 2-l:th,  1886.  The  following  standing  committees 
were  appointed:  On  Worship, — J.  C.  Hornberger,  S. 
C.  Breyfogel,  W.  K.  Wieand,  I.  J.  Reitz,  and  F.  Hoff- 
man; On  Letters  and  Documents, — J.  Specht,  A.  Zieg- 
enfus,  F.  P.  Lehr,  G.  B.  Fisher,  T.  Harper,  and  J. 
Savitz;  On  Qunrterly  Conference  Records, — S.  B. 
Brown,  B.  F.  Bohner,  J.  C.  Bliem,  R.  Deisher,  A. 
Kindt,  W.  H.  Weidner,  A.  Dihibar,  B.  H.  Miller,  A. 
A.  Delong,  H.  H.  Romberger,  and  C.  J.  Warmkessel; 
On  Boundaries, — The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders; 
On  Education,— I.  E.  Knerr,  S.  S.  Chubb,  W.  K. 
Wieand,  U.  H.  Hershey,  W.  C.  Kantner,  J.  D.  Wood- 
ring,  G.  C.  Knobel,  A.  M.  Sampsel,  H.  D.  Shultz,  A. 
S.  Kline,  and  W.  F.  Heil ;  On  Finance, — J.  K.  Seyfrit, 
W.  A.  Shoemaker,  C.  S.  Brown,  W.  H.  Rinek,  F. 
Smith,  G.  D.  Sweigert,  and  A.  B.  Saylor;  On  Church 


368  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1886. 

Affairs, — J.  M.  Rinker,  D.  Letitz,  J.  S.  Xewhart,  S.  T. 
Leopold,  E.  J.  Miller,  J.  C.  Krause,  and  J.  S.  Over- 
holser;  On  Statistics, — J.  A.  Feger,  J.  G,  Sands,  F.  E. 
Erdman,  N.  A.  Barr,  H.  M.  Wingert,  D.  G.  Reinhold, 
and  F.  D.  Geary;  On  Sabbath  and  Temperance, — W. 
A.  Leopold,  A.  W.  Warfel,  H.  J.  Glick,  J.  W.  Hoover, 
A.  Krecker,  J.  K.  Fehr,  J.  W.  Woehrle,  W.  H. 
Stanffer,  and  J.  M.  Longsdorf ;  On  Memorials, — C.  S. 
Haman,  F.  Krecker,  S.  Ely,  J.  M.  Saylor,  D.    Wieand, 

E.  Butz,  B.  D.  All)right,  0.  H.  Baker,  F.  Sechrist,  D. 
Yingst,  and  J.  N.  Metzgar;  To  Andit  Accounts, — 0. 
H.  Egge,  W.  F.  Heil,  and  H.  M.  Capp ;  Reportorial 
Committee,— O.  L.  Saylor,  C.  D.  Drelier,  i).  W.  Bicks- 
ler,  L.  K.  Wormai),  W.  Schuler,  J.  R.   Hensyl,  and   L 

F.  Heisler.  G.  C.  Knoliel  was  appointed  to  report  the 
proceedings  for  the  Clirlsiliclie  Botschafter.  Solomon 
Neitz,  elder,  H.  C.  Major,  local  deacon,  and  G.  Miller, 
local  preacher,  died  during  the  year.  Credentials  were 
granted  to  D.  G.  Reinhold  and  L  E.  Zimmerman,  J. 
R.  Teter  and  I.  Wilson,  local  preachers,  withdrew  from 
the  church.  D.  Yingst  took  and  active  relation.  The 
supernumerary  preachers  wcie  S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  J. 
Bowman,  J.  Zern,  J.  Laros,  and  J.  L.  Werner.  The 
superannuated  preachers  and  conference  claimants 
were:  N.  Goebel  and  wife,  D.  Wieand  and  wife,  C. 
Gingrich  and  wife,  J.  M.  Saylor  and  wife,  J,  Iv,  Knerr 
and  wife,  C.  H.  Baker  and  wife,  F.  Hoffman  and  wife, 
H.  R.  Yost  and  wife,  J.  O.  Lehr  and  wife,  H.  Stoetzel, 
Sisters  Schnerr,  Rhoads,  Myers,  Kempfer,  Gross, 
Schell,  Heini,  Haines,  Sister  AdaniS  and  one  child,  and 
one  child  of  J.  J.  High.  The  brethren,  T.  Harper  and 
A.   Ziegenfus,  took  a  superannuated   relation.     J.  N. 


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Metzgar,  H.  M.  Capp,  and  H.  A.  Neitz  were  retained 
in  the  itinerancy  without  an  appointment  for  one  year. 

S.  C.  Breyfogel  was  newly  elected,  and  C.  S.  Hainan 
and  C.  K.  Fehr  were  re-elected  to  the  office  of  Presiding 
Elder.  H.  M.  Wingert,  J.  S.  Overholser,  C.  D.  Dreher, 
I.  F.  Heisler,  and  H.  A.  Smith  were  ordained  to  the 
office  of  Elder;  and  J.  P.  Miller,  A.  H.  Snyder,  and  I. 
IJ.  Eoyer  to  the  office  of  Deacon.  The  following  re- 
ceived license  as  preachers  on  trial:  Howard  Dutill, 
A.  S.  Kresge,  W.  R.  S.  Fluck,  J.  K.  Freed,  James  D. 
Acker,  George  A.  Knerr,  J.  Berg  Esenwein,  Thomas 
M.  Reed,  and  H.  Strunk.  The  brethren,  B.  0.  Krupp, 
A.  J.  Brunner,  A.  E.  Williams,  and  E.  B.  Seip  were 
received  into  the  itinerancy. 

J.  C.  Hornberger  offered  the  following,  wliich  was 
adopted  unanimously  by  a  rising  vote:  Whereas, 
Father  F.  Hoffman,  who  for  the  past  sixty  years  has 
uninterruptedly  served  in  the  active  itinerant  work  of 
this  Conference,  serving  during  this  long  term  of  years 
as  cii-cnit,  station,  and  mission  preacher,  as  well  as  for 
quite  a  number  of  years  in  the  office  of  presiding  elder, 
to  the  ediiication  of  the  church  and  the  glory  of  Christ; 
And  Whereas,  On  account  of  his  age  he  has  signified  his 
willingness  to  accept  a  superannuated  relation  if  the 
Conference  sees  fit ;  therefore  Besolved,  That  Brother 
Hoffman  be  placed  in  a  superannuated  relation,  and 
that  ho  be  allowed  to  travel  and  preach  within  the 
bounds  of  this  Conference  as  he  may  see  fit. 

On  motion  of  A.  M.  Stirk  it  was  resolved  that 
recommendations  for  li(;ense  shall  be  valid  only  until 
the  next  annual  session  of  the  Conference.  H.  B.  Yost 
having   been    severely   afflicted  during   the  year,   and 


3T0  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1886. 

thereby  compelled  to  retire  from  active  work,  the  Con- 
ference expressed  sympathy  with  the  brother.  Tlie 
secretary  was  instructed  to  prepare  suitable  answers  to 
letters  received  from  J.  L.  Guinther,  our  missionary  in 
Florida,  and  W.  E.  Walz,  our  missionary  in  Tokio, 
Japan.  On  motion  of  B.  J.  Smoyer  it  was  resolved 
that  hereafter  the  members  of  this  Conference  in  active 
service  and  their  families  be  members  of  the  cliarge 
where  they  labor,  and  that  those  not  in  active  service 
shall  be  members  wliere  they  reside.  On  motion  of  B. 
F.  Bohner  the  Conference  advised  that  class  leaders 
and  exhorters  be  elected  by  ballot. 

On  motion  of  D.  Z.  Ivembel,  it  was  resolved  that  it 
is  the  sense  of  this  Conference,  that  a  general  effort 
should  be  made  throughout  our  entire  church  to  raise 
funds  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable  monument 
to  the  memory  of  our  sainted  founder,  Jacob  Albright, 
whose  remains  lie  at  rest  within  the  bounds  of  this  Con- 
ference, and  that  we  kindly  request  our  worthy  bishops 
to  lay  this  matter  before  our  conferences,  both  at  home 
and  in  foreign  lands,  for  their  earnest  consideration  and 
action. 

Whereas,  Our  beloved  sister  in  the  Lord,  Mrs.  Dr. 
Krecker,  has  returned  to  us  for  a  period  of  rest  from 
her  Held  of  labor  in  Japan,  where  she  has  spent  nine 
years  of  unwearied  diligence  and  toil  in  her  Master's 
work;  And  Whereas,  In  addition  to  the  ordinary  sacri- 
fices incident  to  missionary  work  in  heathen  countries, 
she  lias  been  called  upon  by  the  inscrutable  Providence  of 
God  to  lay  npon  the  altar  of  missions  her  faithful  com- 
panion and  very  successfnl  co-worker  in  the  bonds  of  the 
Gospel ;  therefore  be  it  Resolved^  That  we  bid  her  a  most 


1886.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  371 

hearty  welcome  and  highly  appreciate  her  faithfulness  and 
devotion  to  the  cause  of  God  and  the  church,  and  thank 
God  for  the  success  that  has  attended  her  labors  as  well 
as  the  labors  of  all  our  missionaries  in  Japan,  and  that 
we  continue  to  pray  that  He  may  bless  her  and  her 
children,  and  prepare  and  sanctify  them  for  still  gi  eater 
usefulness  in  the  missionary  work  of  our  beloved 
church. 

F.  E.  Erdman  was  elected  statistical  secretary  and  S. 
S.  Chubb  Avas  re-elected  treasurer  of  tlie  Conference. 
S.  Heininger,  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Mission- 
ary Society,  and  W.  Yost,  Junior  Publisher,  addressed 
the  Conference,  after  which  the  customary  resolutions 
of  devotion  to  the  publishing  interests  and  missionary 
cause  of  the  church  were  adopted.  Thomas  S.  Stein, 
Principal  cU  facto  of  Schuylkill  Seminary,  read  the  an- 
nual report  of  that  institution.  It  was  resolved  that 
hereafter  no  donations  be  made  to  any  preacher  in  ac- 
tive work  unless  he  assume  a  superannuated  relation. 

BOUNDAEIES. 

Tlie  Conference  territory  was  divided  into  six  presid- 
ing elder  districts.  Pen  Argyl,  Ackermanville,  Miller's 
church,  and  Koxburg  were  taken  from  Bath  Circuit 
and  called  Pen  Argyl  Mission.  New  missions  were 
established  at  the  following  places:  South  Bethlehem 
and  Freemansburg,  Phosnixville,  Lansdale  and  Quaker- 
town,  Tamaqua,  and  Souderton  and  Telford ;  the  last 
named  mission  to  be  served  in  connection  with  Mont- 
gomery Circuit.  Kutztown,  Lyons,  Shamrock,  and 
Virgins ville  appointments  on  Kutztown  Circuit  were 
formed  into  Kutztown  Mission.     Williamstown  Mission 


372  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1886. 

was  changed  into  a  station.  Port  Clinton  was  taken 
from  Schuylkill  Circuit,  and  Hamburg  and  Shoemakers- 
ville  from  Kutztown  Circuit  and  formed  into  a  new 
field  called  Hambui-g  Mission.  West  Penn  and  Hun- 
sickei's  were  taken  from  Schuylkill  Circuit  and  annexed 
to  Wesnersville  Mission.  Orwio-sburii;  Mission  was  dis- 
continued,  and  Drehersville,  New  Pinggold,  Lewistown, 
and  Centreville  appointments  on  Schuylkill  Circuit 
were  annexed  to  Orwicfsburoi;  and  called  Orwiosburo- 
Circuit.  Barnesville  was  detached  from  Tamaqua  Sta- 
tion, and  Locust  Valley  from  Mahanoy  City  Station,  and 
together  with  Grier  City  and  Delano  were  c;dled  Barnes- 
ville Circuit.  Lincoln  and  Eeamstown  were  detached  from 
Browiistown  Circuit  and  annexed  to  Denver  and  Bow- 
mansville  Mission.  Mohnsville  was  taken  from  Ad:mis- 
town  Circuit  and  constituted  a  station.  Llatfield  was 
transferred  from  Lansdalo  and  Hatfield  Mission  to 
Montgomery  Circuit.  Lehigli  Valley  Mission  was  dis- 
contitmed ;  and  Coplay  connected  with  Catasauqua, 
Howertown  with  Berlinsville  Circuit,  and  Schnecksville 
with  Leliigli  Circuit. 

CHURCH  AFFAIRS. 

Permission  was  given  to  the  members  of  Birdsboro 
Circuit  to  remove  the  Hay  Creek  chapel  to  the  Cali- 
fornia appointtnent,  the  latter  class  agreeing  to  pay 
$225  for  the  property.  The  church  at  Lititz  having 
been  injured  by  a  storm,  the  request  of  the  congrega- 
tion to  collect  in  Heading  District  was  referred  to  the 
presiding  elder  and  the  preacher  in  charge.  The  Con- 
ference appointed  a  committee  to  superintend  the  erec- 
tion of  a  church  at  Denver,   and   the  Church   Building 


1886.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  373 

Society  was  requested  to  grant  a  loan  of  $500.00  to  the 
congregation  at  Bowmansville.  The  site  of  the  North 
street  propert_y  was  recommended  for  the  location  of 
our  new  church  at  Harrisburg,  the  Conference  instruct- 
ing the  building  committee  to  borrow  the  money  re- 
quired to  complete  the  building.  The  advisability  of 
building  a  church  at  Coplay  was  referred  to  a  commit- 
tee. During  the  past  year  the  sum  of  $691.38  was 
paid  on  the  church  debt  at  Shenandoali  City,  reducing 
the  entire  indebtedness  to  $766.15.  The  advisability  of 
erecting  a  churcli  at  Elizabeth ville,  Berrysburg  Circuit, 
was  referred  to  the  presiding  elder  and  the  preacher  in 
charge.  The  congregation  at  Ashland  was  urged  to 
secure  a  suitable  lot  and  to  build  a  new  church  as  soon 
as  practicable.  An  appeal  from  Lansford  asking  aid 
toward  the  erection  of  a  chin-ch  was  referred  to  the 
presiding  elder  and  preacher  in  charge.  These  congre- 
gations received  permission  to  collect  within  certain 
prescribed  limits  as  follows:  Denver  and  Bowmans- 
ville, in  Reading  District ;  Harrisljurg,  in  Lelianon  and 
Millersburg  Districts ;  Coplay,  in  Philadelphia  District, 
and  at  Bath  and  Bangor,  in  AUentown  District ;  Kulps- 
ville,  at  Norristown,  Germantown,  Plymouth,  Lansdale, 
and  on  Pleasant  Yalley  and  Bath  circuits;  Pen  Argyl, 
in  Pottsville  District.  The  auditing  committee  re- 
ported the  following  accounts  for  the  past  year:  1st, 
The  cash  receipts  for  the  South  Easton  church  debt, 
W.  H.  Stauffer  collector,  amounted  to  $1,006.85,  leav- 
ing an  indebtedness  of  $1,040.72.  2d,  The  amount  of 
cash  received  by  D.  Leutz,  collector  for  a  new  church 
at  Coplay,  aggregated  to  $357.61,  of  which  $219.56  was 
expended.     3d,    J.   S.   Newhart,    collector  for   Kulps- 


374  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1886. 

ville,  received  $224.30,  leaving  an  indebtedness  of 
$704.00.  4th,  L.  N.  Worman,  collector  for  Lancaster 
English  Mission,  received  $1,780.67  in  cash,  a  sufhcient 
amount  to  liquidate  tlie  entire  indebtedness.  5th,  The 
entire  amount  expended  for  the  Pen  Argyl  church,  R. 
Deisher  collector,  was  $4,723.95 ;  cash  received 
$1,555.75,  leaving  an  entire  indebtedness  of  $3,168.20. 

EDTJCATION. 

"Whereas,  Our  Schuylkill  Seminary  is  in  a  flourishing 
condition  and  the  new  buildings  at  Fredericksburg,  Pa., 
are  rapidly  n earing  completion,  And  Whereas,  The  en- 
tire expenditures  necessary  to  the  satisfactory  comple- 
tion and  equipment  of  these  buildings  are  $40,000,  and 
$7,000  of  this  amount  is  unprovided  for,  and  it  is  de- 
sirable to  adopt  a  plan  promising  the  gradual  removal 
of  this  deficiency ;  therefore  be  it  Resolved,  That  the 
last  Sunday  of  June,  recognized  as  Children's  Day  by 
order  of  General  Conference,  be  devoted  to  the  raising 
of  funds  for  the  liquidation  of  the  indebtedness  incurred 
in  the  completion  of  the  seminary  buildings.  S.  S. 
Chubb,  C.  S.  Haman,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  A¥.  K.  Wieand, 
and  J.  H.  Sliirey  were  appointed  to  arrange  a  pro- 
gramme and  to  cultivate  a  seminary  sentiment  in  our 
Sunday-schools.  The  Conference  resolved  to  raise 
$1,500  for  the  current  expenses  of  the  seminary,  the 
presiding  elders  and  preachers  in  charge  to  be  held 
jointly  responsible  for  the  amount.  Revs.  Bishop  T. 
Bowman,  I.  E.  Knerr,  and  C.  S.  Haman,  and  Messrs. 
J.  G.  Molin  and  H.  G.  Moyer  were  elected  trustees  of 
the  seminary  for  three  years.  U.  H.  Hershey,  J.  H. 
Shirey,  and  A.  M.  Sampsel  were  appointed  a  visiting 
committee  to  attend  the  closing  exercises  of  the  school. 


1886.]         THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  375 

The  trustees  of  the  institution  were  authorized  to  meet 
the  deficiency  incurred  in  completin^j  the  seminary  build- 
ings. J.  G.  Mohn,  the  treasurer,  reported  a  cash  bal- 
ance in  treasury  of  $1,121.35,  S.  B.  Brown,  J.  K. 
Seyfrit,  and  B.  F.  Bohner  were  appointed  to  examine 
applicants  for  the  itinerancy,  and  G.  C.  Knobel,  W.  C. 
Kantner,  and  W.  A.  Leopold  to  examine  junior 
preachers  for  five  years. 

MEMORIALS. 

Solomon  Neitz,  a  veteran  of  the  cross,  was  born  in 
1821,  and  born  again  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  In  1840 
he  was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  served  as  presiding  elder  in  the  Conference. 
In  1860  the  board  of  publication  selected  him  to  the 
honorable  task  of  writing:  the  biography  of  Bishop  John 
Seybert,  which  he  accomplished  in  the  year  1861. 

Brother  Neitz  was  a  wdse  counselor  and  a  good  or- 
ganizer, exerting  a  great  influence  in  his  Confer- 
ence. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  the  Conference 
delegate  to  the  board  of  missions,  by  which  board  he 
was  sent  to  Germany  in  1863.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  first  board  of  publication  and  of  a  number  since. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  General  Conference  since 
1856.  Brother  Neitz  was  a  great  theologian.  By 
eminent  divines  he  was  pronounced  to  be  one  of  the 
greatest  German  pulpit  orators  in  this  country.  Fre- 
quently he  preached  the  Word  with  great  power,  and 
in  such  demonstration  of  the  Holy  Ghost  that  the  whole 
audience  was  moved  to  tears  and  shouts  of  praise  to 
God.  He  swayed  his  congregations  to  and  fro  like  for- 
est trees  under  the  force  of  a  mighty  tempest.     His 


376  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1886. 

work  is  done,  but  we  all  miss  him  greatly.  He  died  in 
perfect  peace  May  11th,  1885. 

Henry  C.  Major  was  born  in  1810.  As  farasisknown, 
he  was  converted  wlien  a  yonno;  man,  and  labored  as  an 
itinerant  in  our  church  for  several  years  and  then  lo- 
cated, and  held  a  local  relation  to  the  end  of  his  life. 
He  was  a  good  and  effectual  preacher. 

George  Miller  was  born  in  1802,  in  Germany. 
He  was  converted  to  God  when  a  young  man  and  joined 
our  church.  He  was  a  good,  practical  preacher. 
Brother  Miller  bequeathed  $200  to  the  missionary  work 
of  the  Evangelical  Assot-iation. 

At  a  memorial  service  addresses  were  delivered  by  C. 
K.  Fehr,  F.  Krecker,  C.  S.  Haman,  and  Bishop  Thomas 
Bowman. 

TEMPERANCE. 

Iiesolved,  That  we,  the  ministers  of  the  East  Penn- 
sylvania Conference,  do  hereby  pledge  our  honor  to 
each  other  to  manfnllj'  withstand  the  efforts  of  the 
Liquor  Dealers'  Protective  Association,  and  that  we 
will  do  all  in  our  power  to  sustain  existing  temperance 
legislation  and  aim  at  nothing  short  of  entire  and  total 
prohibition  of  tlie  manufacture  and  sale  of  alcoholic 
beverages,  until  we  have  total  abstinence  for  the  indi- 
vidual and  prohibition  for  the  state  and  nation. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts  : 

Balance  in  treasury %    216.59 

From  the  book  establishment 1,156.00 

From  the  Charitable  Society 216.00 

From  conference  collections 1,411.64 

From  a  special  collection 226.95 

$3,227.18 


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Expenditxires  : 
Paid  to  conference  claimants  and  for  confer- 
ence expenses $3,555.71 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  8th  St $175 

Phila.    *'     " 250 

Norristown 75 

Plymouth 150 

Lansdale  and  Quaker- 
town  300 

Souderton 150 

Hellertown 250 

P  r  e  e  m  a  n  s  b  u  rg  and 
Sth.  Bethlehem...  .   250 

Easton 275 

South  Easton  and  Wil- 
liams Twp 325 

AUentown  1st  Ward .    200 
Allentown  Liberty  St.  300 

Emaus 200 

Lehighton 225 

Manch  Chunk 225 

Wilkesbarre 350 

White  Haven 225 

Reading  9th  Street.  .    150 

Pottstown 150 

Phcenixville 250 

Lancaster  Mulby  St.   250 
"         Water  St..      50 

Lebanon 225 

Millersville 50 

25 


Lititz  and  Manheim..$175 
Denver  and  Bowman s- 

ville 50 

Harrisbiirg 400 

Harrishnrg,  interest.  .      60 
Trevorton,    to  be    ap- 
plied as  in  1881-'85  280 

Mt.  Joy 300 

Fredericksburg 300 

Annville 200 

Wiconisco 150 

Dauphin 175 

Schuylkill  Haven. ...    300 

Frackville 300 

Mt.  Caimel 300 

Wcsnersville 350 

Coaldale  and  Lansf  ord  200 

Ashland,  salary 125 

Port  Carbon 200 

Florida 500 

Pen  Argyl 200 

Kutztown 300 

Hamburg 200 

Tamaqua 100 


Total 


$10,215 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1886. 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  K.  Fehr, 

P.E. 
Philadelphia  Sth  St.— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Germantowu— 8.  T.  Leopold. 
Norristown- W.  A.  Leopold. 
Plymouth— F.  Krecker. 
Trappe— W.  H.  StaufTer. 
Pottstown— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Phcenixville— B.  C.  Krupp. 
Milford— F.  Sechrist. 
Lansdale   aud    Quakertown  —  G.    C. 

Knobel. 
Montgomery)  T.  A.  Hess. 
Soudertoii,    /  J.  D.  Acker. 
Pleasant  Valley— I.  F.  Heisler  and  T. 

L.  Wentz. 
Bethlehem— B.  F.  Bohner. 
Freemansburg  and  South  Bethlehem — 

O.  L.  Saylor. 
Easton— J.  C.  Krause. 
South  Easton— W.  H.  Rinek. 

Allentown  District  — S.  C.  Breufo- 

gel,  P.  E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Allentown  Turner  St.— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  Specht. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— A.  W.  Warfel. 
Emaus— E.  Butz. 
Lehigh— D.  Yingst. 
Catasauqua— H.  J.  Glick. 
Slatington— A.  S.  Kline. 
Berlinsville — R.  M.  Llchtenwalner. 
Bath— I.  U.  Koyer. 
Pen  Argyl— C.  D.  Dreher. 
Bangor— A.  Krecker. 
Monroe— A.  E.  Williams. 
Wayne— H.  A.  Smith. 

Reading  District— J.  C.  Hor-nbergei; 

P.E. 
Reading  Sth  St.— W.  K.  Wieand. 
Reading  6th  St.— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Reading  9th  St.— I.  J.  Reitz. 
Reading  Chapel— To  be  supplied. 
Friedensburg— R.  Deisher. 
Kutztown— W.  H.  Weidner. 
Wesnersville— D.  Lentz. 
Hamburg— J.  Stermer. 


Birdsboro— N.  A.  Barr. 

Adamstown  and  Mohnsville— B.  D.  Al- 
bright. 

Denver  and  BowmansvUle  —  A.  J. 
Brunner. 

Terre  Hill— J.  D.  Woodring. 

Conestoga— F.  D.  Geary. 

Brownstown— J.  W.  Woehrle. 

Florida- J.  L.  Guinther. 

Lebanon  District—.!.  .V.  Stii-k,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— I.  E.  Knerr. 
Lebanon  Eighth  St.— J.  A.  Feger. 
Annville— A.  Kindt. 
Harrisburg— S.  8.  Chubb. 
^It.  Nebo— H.  II.  Romberger. 
Fredericksburg— W.  F.  Ileil. 
Pine  Grove — A.  M.  Sampsel. 
Tremont  and  Reiner  City— W.  W.  Yost. 
Williamstown— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Myerstown— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Womelsdorf— J.  Savitz. 
Lititz       \  A  Dilabar. 
Manheim)  W.  G.  Schoepflin. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— Isaac  Hess. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— F.  Smith. 
Millersville— A.  B.  Saylor. 
Creswell— L.  N.  Worman. 
Mt.  Joy— E.  J.  Miller. 

PoTTsviLLE  District— C.  S.  Haman, 

P.  E. 
Pottsville— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Schuylkill   Haven  St.    Peters— J.  M. 

Rinker. 
Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— U.  H.  Her- 

shey. 
Cressona— B.  H.  Miller. 
Orwigsburg— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Port  Carbon— J.  P.  Miller. 
Coaldale  and  Lansford- A.  H.  Snyder. 
Tamaqua— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Mauch  Chunk— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Hazleton— S.  B.  Brown. 
White  Haven— W.  Schuler. 
WUkesbarre— J.  G.  Sands. 
Lehighton— G.  .W.  Gross. 
Weissport— C.  H.  Egge. 
Parryville— H.  M.  Wingert. 


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J79 


MiLLEBSBURG  DISTRICT— B.  J.  Smmjm; 

P.E. 
Millersburg— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Dauphin— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Berrysburg— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Wiconisco- J.  S.  Overholsei". 
Uniontown— C.  J.  Warmkessel. 
Trevorton— E.  R.  Seip. 
Mahantongo— C.  S.  Brown. 
\ 


Sharaokin— A.  A.  Delong. 
Mt.  Carmel— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Ashland   \  J.  K.  Fehr. 
Ringtown*  G.  A.  Knerr. 
Shenandoah— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Frackville — J.  ^I.  Longsdorf. 
Mahanoy  City— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Barnesville- J.  M.  Shoop. 


1887. 

The  Forty-Eighth  {80th)  Annual  Session. 

President,  Bishop  J.  J.  Esher. 

Secretary,  W.  A.  Leopold. 

Assistant  Secretaries,  J.  H.  Shirey,  G.  W.  Gross,  W. 
C.  Kantner,  H.  D.  Shultz,  and  G.  C.  Knobel. 

The  members  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference 
assembled  in  annual  session  in  the  Salem  Evangelical 
church  at  Bangor,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  February  23d, 
1887.  The  following  standing  committees  were  ap- 
pointed : 

On  Worship, — S.  C.  Breyfogel  and  A.  Krecker;  On 
Letters,— J.  C.  Bliem,  L  Hess,  F.  P.  Lehr,  G.  B, 
Fisher,  and  D.  Lentz;  On  Finance, — B.  F.  Bohner,  A, 
W.  Warfel,  D.  Yingst,  L.  N.  Worman,  J.  M.  Rinker,. 
C.S.Brown,  and  F.  E.  Erdman;  On  Quarterly  Con- 
ference Eecords, — W.  K.  Wieand,  F.  Sechrist,  J. 
Specht,  R.  Deisher,  A.  Kindt,  A.  Dilabar,  D.  S.  Stauf- 
fer, J.  M.  Longsdorf,  and  F.  Smith;  On  Boundaries, — 
The  Bishop  and  the  presiding  elders ;  On  Education, — 
S.  B.  Brown,  S.  S.  Chubb,  W.  F.  Heil,  G.  C.  Knobel, 
O.  L.  Say  lor,  J.  D.  Woodring,  J.  W.  Hoover,  A.  M. 
Sampsel,  and  J.  C.  Krause;  On  Church  Affairs, — J.  K, 


380  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1887. 

Sevfrit,  W.  H.  Weidner,  J.  S.  Newhart,  B.  H.  Miller, 
C.*^  H.  Egge,  A.  A.  Belong,  E.  J.  Miller,  J.  K. 
Fehr,  and  J.  Stermer ;  On  Statistics, — J.  G,  Sands, 
H.  J.  Glick,  G.  D.  Sweigert,  I.  F.  Heisler,  H.  M. 
Wingert,  J.  P.  Miller,  F.  E.  Erdman,  T.  A.  Hess,  D. 
W.  Bicksler,  C.  D.  Dreher,  and  J.  S.  Overholser;  On 
Temperance  and  Sabbath, — U.  H,  Hershey,  S.  T.  Leo- 
pold, W.  A.  Sboemaker,  W.  H.  Stauffer,  W.  H.  Einek, 
I.  U.  Koyer,  N.  A.  Barr,  and  A.  H.  Snyder ;  On  Mem- 
orials,— D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  A.  Feger,  B.  D.  Albright,  H. 
H.  Romberger,  F.D.  Geary,  J.  O,  Lebr,  D.  Z.  Kembel, 
I.  J.  Reitz,  and  C.  J.  Warmkessel;  Reportorial 
Committee, — D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  R.  Hensyl,  J.  W. 
Woehrle,  A.  S.  Kline,  A.  B.  Saylor,  J.  B.  Esenwein,  G. 
A.  Knerr,  and  E.  H.  Romig;  To  Audit  Accounts, — H. 
A.  Neitz.  J.  N.  Metzgar,  and  J.  K.  Knerr. 

Isaiah  E.  Knerr,  itinerant,  Daniel  Clouser,  local 
preacher,  and  Sister  Lydia  Heim,  widow  of  Rev.  W. 
Heim,  died  during  the  past  year.  Thomas  M.  Reed 
returned  his  license  to  the  Conference.  The  name  of  a 
local  preacher  was  stricken  from  the  record  for  failing 
to  comply  with  a  resolution  of  Conference.  M.  TV. 
Harris  and  D.  J.  Ebert  received  credentials.  W.  K. 
Rinek  was  retained  in  the  itinerancy  one  year  without 
an  appointment.  The  supernumerary  preacliers  were  : 
S.  Ely,  J.  Fry,  J.  Bowman,  J.  L.  Werner,  and  J.  Zern. 
The  following  were  the  superannuated  preachers  and 
conference  claimants:  C.  H.  Baker,  H.  Stoetzel,  N. 
Goebel,  D.  Wieand,  C.  Gingrich,  J.  M.  Siylor,  J.  O. 
Lehr,  H.  R.  Yost,  A.  Ziegenfiis,  J.  K.  Knerr,  T.  Har- 
per, and  F.  Hoffman;  also  Sisters  Schnerr,  Rhoads, 
Kempfer,  Gross,  Schell,  Adams  and  one  child,  one  child  of 
J.  J.  High,  and  Sister  Knerr  and  three  children. 


18S7.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    C0NTERP:NCR.  381 

F.  D.  Geary,  0,  J.  Warmkessel,  J.  S termer,  A.  B. 
Sajlor,  A.  S.  Kline,  W.  Schuler,  and  Hirakawa  Toy- 
otsura  were  ordained  to  the  office  of  Elder;  AV.  W. 
Yost.  J.  M.  Slioop,  B.  C.  Krupp,  A.  J.  Brunner,  A.  E. 
"Williams,  and  T.  L.  Wentz,  to  the  office  of  Deacon. 
The  following  received  license  as  preachers  on  trial : 
Edwin  H.  Roniig,  Stephen  A.  B.  Zuber,  Charles  E. 
Hess,  Aaron  Souliard,  G.  E.  McClond,  James  P.  Mal- 
seed,  and  D.  F.  Kostenbader.  The  brethren  T.  L. 
Wentz,  J.  M.  Shoop,  W.  W.  Yost,  and  G.  A.  Knerr 
were  received  into  the  itinerancy. 

Tlie  last  Thnrsday  in  February,  1888,  was  appointed 
for  the  opening  of  the  next  annnal  session,  the  exami- 
nations of  applicants  and  junior  preachers  to  begin  on 
the  Tuesday  evening  previous.  The  following  were 
elected  delegates  to  the  General  Conference :  A.  M. 
Stirk,  B.  J.  Smoyer,  C.  S.  Haman^  S.  S.  Chubb,  S.  C. 
Breyfogel,  D.  A.  Medlar,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  R.  M. 
Lichtenwalner,  and  J.  K.  Seyf rit ;  alternates,  C.  K. 
Fehr,  J.  D.  Wood  ring,  and  W.  F.  Heil.  It  was  de- 
cided that  the  delegates  to  the  General  Conference 
pay  their  own  traveling  expenses.  Permission  was 
granted  to  J.  L.  Gninther,  our  missionary  in  Florida,  to 
pay  his  traveling  expenses  out  of  collections  taken  for 
the  liquidation  of  church  debts,  during  his  proposed 
trip  through  the  Conference  in  the  months  of  July  and 
August  of  the  current  year.  W.  Yost,  Junior  Pub- 
lisher, addressed  the  Conference. 

On  motion  of  A.  M.  Stirk  the  following  resolution 
having  reference  to  this  volume,  "Lajstdmarks  of 
THE  Evangelical  Association,"  was  adopted :  Whereas, 
S.  C.  Breyfogel  has  prepared  a  manuscript  containing 


382  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1887. 

the  transactions  of  this  Conference  from  its  origin  to 
the  present  session,  and  asks  Conference  to  grant  him 
permission  to  publish  it.     Therefore,  be  it 

Resolved^  That  we  grant  the  required  permission,  and 
encourage  the  publicntion  of  the  contemplated  work  in 
■considertion  of  its  vahie  to  preachers  and  people  as  a 
book   of  reference. 

On  motion  of  A.  M.  Sampsel  it  was  Resolved^  1st? 
That  the  presiding  elders  of  this  Conference  shall  con- 
stitute a  committee  on  church  building,  and  that  all 
projects  for  building  new  churches  or  parsonages,  or  re- 
modeling old  ones,  where  any  indebtedness  will  be  in- 
curred, shall  be  submitted  to  this  committee  for  its  ap- 
proval. 2d,  That  any  congregation,  which  by  building 
or  otherwise,  incurs  debts  without  the  approval  of  this 
committee,  shall  not  be  privileged  to  collect  outside  of 
the  bounds  of  the  charge  to  which  it  belongs. 

The  following  was  adopted :  Whereas,  W.  A.  Leopold, 
a  member  of  our  Conference,  contemplates  and  is  now  en- 
gaged in  writing  a  work  to  be  entitled,  "Our  Crowned  De- 
fenders," containing  a  series  of  biographical  sketches  of 
the  deceased  members  of  our  Conference  from  the 
origin  of  the  same,  with  a  brief  sketch  and  pen  por- 
traits of  the  2)&i^somiel  of  the  present  East  Pennsylvania 
Conference ;  therefore,  Resolved,  That  we  as  a  Con- 
ference will  do  all  in  our  power  to  aid  and  assist  Brother 
Leopold  in  his  work  of  preparation,  and  barring  all  in- 
trusion in  this  line  from  other  quarters,  we  will  lend 
our  influence  and  encouragement  to  circulate  the  same 
whenever  published.  R.  M,  Lichtenwalner,  treasurer 
of  the  Missionary  Society,  was  authorized  to  borrow  the 
money  necessary  to  meet  the  claims  of  the  missionaries 


887.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      388 

during  the  ytar.  In  behalf  of  the  stationing  com- 
mittee C.  K.  Fehr  presented  the  following  reso- 
lution, wliich  was  imanimously  adopted:  La  view 
of  the  long,  self-sacriiieing,  as  well  as  acceptable  ser- 
vices Father  F.  Ki-ecker  lias  rendered  in  the  active 
ministry — this  lacing  his  year  of  juhilee — in  the  East 
Penna.  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  and 
in  view  of  his  advanced  age,  your  committee  is  of  the 
opinion,  with  which  Father  Krecker  is  in  cordial  agree- 
ment, that  he  take  no  particular  field  of  labor  this  year, 
but  be  retained  in  tlie  itinerancy  wdthout  an  appoint- 
ment, and  be  allowed  to  labor  and  preach  wherever  he 
desires. 

BOUNDARIES. 

Lansdale  and  Montgomery  Circuit  w^as  formed  of 
Lansdale,  Hatfield,  llilltown,  Kulpsville,  Worcester, 
and  Perkiomen.  Bridgetown,  Pe)-kasie,  and  Quaker- 
town  were  organized  into  Quaker  town  Mission.  Cop- 
lay,  Ilowertowu,  and  vicinity  were  formed  into  Coplay 
Mission.  Reading  Ninth  Street  Mission  was  changed 
into  a  station.  A  new  mission  was  established  in  Read- 
ing. Rothville  and  Millway  were  transferred  from 
Brownstown  Circuit  to  Lititz  Mission.  It  was  resolved 
that  Florida  Mission  be  served  by  two  men.  Turkey 
Hill  was  taken  from  Bowmansville  Mission  and  annexed 
to  Conestoga  Circuit.  Adamstown,  Mohn's  Hill,  Reams- 
town,  Mount  Zion,  and  Bowmansville  were  called 
Adamstown  Circuit.  Annville,  Steeltown,  Palmyra,  and 
Hanover  were  constituted  Annville  and  Hanover  Mis- 
sion. Conewago  was  annexed  to  Mount  Joy  Mission. 
Mount  Nebo,  Mountville,  and  Fredericksburg  were 
called  Fredericksburg  and  Mount  Nebo  Mission.  Sun- 
bury  and  Pike  appointment  were  taken  up  as  a  mission. 


384:  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1887. 

CHURCH    AFFAIRS. 

These  churches  re;-eived  permission  to  collect  within 
certain  prescribed  limits,  as  follows:  Wind  Gap,  in 
Allentown  District,  for  a  debt  of  $1,200;  Lansford,  in 
Fottsville  District,  for  a  new  church;  Topton,  in  Head- 
ing District,  for  a  church  debt  of  $800;  Pen  Argyl,  in 
Millersburg  District,  for  a  church  debt  of  $2,500; 
Harrisburg,  througiiout  the  bounds  of  the  Conference, 
for  a  debt  of  $4,470.96;  South  Bethlehem,  in  Philadel- 
phia District,  for  a  new  church;  Lansdale,  in  Allentown 
District,  for  a  debt  of  $800,  provided  the  members  at 
Lansda'e  pledge  themselves  to  raise  one  halt'  of  the 
amount;  West  Penn,  in  Reading  District,  for  a  new 
church.  Sister  Lydia  Yeakel's  claim  of  $525  against 
our  church  at  Shatnrock  was  referred  to  the  presiding 
elder  and  the  preae;lier  in  charge  for  adjustment,  the 
latter  to  hive  permission,  if  necessirj,  to  collect  in  Leb- 
anon District.  Trinit)^  Mission,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  re- 
ceived permission  to  effect  a  loan  sufficient  to  meet  the 
necessary  demaids  and  to  give  a  mortgage  o:i  the  church 
property  for  the  same.  The  congregation  at  Lansford 
was  advised  not  to  imild  a  new  cliurch  unless  the}'  have 
a  guarantee  of  $800.  Frackville  Mi-sion  received  per- 
mission to  build  a  parsonage,  to  effect  a  lo:in  sufficient 
for  its  erection,  and  to  give  a  mortgage  on  the  building 
for  the  amount.  Inasmuch  as  the  congregation  at  Pen 
Argyl  is  still  making  a  heroic  struggle  under  a  del)t  of 
$2,500,  the  Church  Building  Society  was  requested  to 
grant  a  loan  of  $600.  The  members  of  Birdsl)oro  Cir- 
cuit received  permission  to  sell  Hay  Creek  chapel  and 
to  apply  the  proceeds  toward  liquidating  the  debt  of 
and  repairing  the  old  church,  instead  of  removing  tlie 


1887.]    THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFERENCE.      385 

chapel  to  California  appointment.  Tlie  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  Wayne  Circuit  was  authorized  to  sell  the 
parsonage  at  Sterling  and  to  build  another  in  a  more 
suitable  part  of  the  circuit.  The  members  at  Temple 
were  advised  to  postpone  the  erection  of  a  chapel  for  at 
least  one  year.  Tlie  trustees  of  the  Brownstown  church 
having  sold  a  piece  of  land  opposite  their  church  in 
order  to  secure  a  tract  of  similar  dimensions  adjoining 
their  burying  ground,  their  action  was  approved.  The 
Conference  resolved  to  raise  20  cants  per  Conference 
member  for  the  Albany  church  debt  and  referred  the 
remaining  $200  of  the  debt  to  the  presiding  elder  and 
preacher  in  charge. 

The  auditing  (committee  reported  the  following  as  the 
financial  condition  of  the  churches  for  wliich  funds  had 
been  collected  during  the  year: — 1st,  Topton,  W.  H. 
"Weidner,  collector:  entire  cost  of  church  and  lot, 
$1,714;  cash  received,  $730.65;  present  indebtedness, 
$983.35 ;  unpaid  subscriptions,  $110.  2d,  Kutztown, 
W.  H.  Weidner,  collector:  entire  cost  of  church, 
$5,917.13;  total  cash  receipts,  $5,396.30;  present  in- 
debtedness, $550.83;  unpaid  subscriptions,  $231.  3d, 
Bowmansville,  A.  J.  Brunner,  collector:  paid  on  the 
debt  during  the  year,  $229.98;  present  indebtedness, 
$790.  4th,  Pen  Argyl,  C.  D.  Dreher,  collector:  paid 
on  debt  and  cash  in  hand,  $628 ;  actual  indebtedness, 
$2,280.13.  5th,  Shenandoah,  D.  S.  Stauffer,  financial 
agent:  paid  on  debt,  interest,  &c.,  during  the  year, 
$458.14;  present  indebtedness,  $377.46.  6th,  Coplay, 
H.  J.  Click, collector:  entire  cost  of  church,  $1,549.65; 
cash  recaived,  $966.96;  present  indebtedness,  $582.69; 
unpaid    subscriptions,  $592.91.     7th,  Harrisburg,  S.  S. 


386  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1887. 


Chubb,  collector:  total  cost  of  chniv.li,  $9,708.31;  cash 
paid  on  debt,  $4,779.16;  indebtedness,  $4,929.15,  old 
debt,  $800;  loan   from   the   Church   Building  Society,. 
$358;  uupaid  subscriptions,  $1,616.19. 


EDUCATION. 


Schuylkill  Seminary  was  strongly  recommended  as 
affording  excellent  advantages  for  mental  culture, 
safely  guarded  by  a  thoroughly  Christian  environment. 

The  Conferen(^e  resolved  to  raise  $1,500  for  the  cur- 
rent expenses  of  the  seminary  during  the  ensuing  year, 
and  apportioned  the  amount  among  the  presiding  elder 
districts.  The  treasurer  was  authorized  to  borrow 
money  sufficient  to  cover  the  present  indebtedness  of 
the  institution.  It  was  resolved  that  the  money  raised 
on  Children's  Day  be  appropriated  to  the  building  fund 
of  the  seminary.  A.  M.  Stirk,  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  and  P. 
Kellmer  were  elected  trustees  of  the  seminary  for  three 
years;  W.  F.  Heil  was  elected  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  I.  E.  Knerr,  deceased.  S.  B.  Brown,  O.  L. 
Saylor,  and  F.  E.  Erdman  were  appointed  a  visiting 
committee  to  attend  the  closing  exercises  of  the  school. 

J.  G.  Mohn,  treasurer  of  Schuylkill  Seminai7, 
presented  the  annual  financial  report  of  the  trustees, 
which  shows  the  receipts  of  the  institution  from  Feb. 
26th  to  July  1st,  1886,  to  have  been  $1,615.62;  the  ex- 
penditures, $1,377.15;  leaving  a  balance  in  the  treasury 
of  $238.47.  The  receipts  of  the  building  committee 
for  the  erection  of  the  college  building  were  $31,103.- 
89;  the  expenditures  for  the  building,  furniture,  etc., 
$35,767.46;  thus  leaving  an  indebtedness  of  $4,663.57. 

J.  A.  Feger,  S.  B.  Brown,  and    J.  K.  Seyfrit  were 


1887.]  THE    EAST    PENNSYLVANIA    CONFERENCE.  3S7 

appointed  to  examine  applicants  for  the  itinerancy,  and 
C.  K.  Fehr,  D.  A.  Medlar,  and  W.  F.  Heil  to  examine 
junior  preachers  for  five  years.  J.  H.  Shirey  was  ap- 
pointed to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  examining  committee 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  I.  E.  Knerr. 

MEMORIALS. 

Isaiah  E.  Knerr  was  born  November  28th,  1838. 
He  was  an  earnest  and  faithful  preacher  of  the  gospel 
of  Christ.  His  sermons,  always  well  prepared,  were 
clear  and  logical  in  their  construction  and  sound  in 
doctrine.  In  imitation  of  his  great  Master  he  largely 
employed  illustrations,  and  delighted  to  unfold  the 
parables  and  figurative  portions  of  the  Word  of  God. 
Endowed  with  a  noble  and  majestic  frame,  robust  and 
vigorous  constitution,  and  a  good  voice,  he  possessed 
the  natural  elements  of  an  orator,  which,  under  the 
anointing  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  enabled  him  at  times  to 
preach  with  great  eloquence  and  power.  His  ministra- 
tions were  crowned  and  blessed  of  God  to  the  conver- 
sion of  many  souls.  His  career  as  a  presiding  elder 
showed  that  he  was  possessed  of  rare  executive  abilities 
in  enforcing  the  Discipline  and  administering  the 
financial  affairs  of  his  districts.  He  was  converted  when 
young,  and  associated  with  his  father,  brother  and  son 
in  the  same  cliurch,  ministry,  and  Conference.  He  was 
intensely  loyal  to  the  church,  and  guarded  the  integrity 
of  her  institutions  with  a  jealous  eye.  In  1881  when 
the  East  Penna.  Conference  contemplated  establishing 
an  institution  of  learning  within  her  bounds,  he  was 
chosen  as  one  of  a  committee  of  organization,  and 
helped  to  organize  Schuylkill  Seminary.     From  its  or- 


388  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS.  [1887. 

ganization  he  has  been  the  vice-president  of  the  board 
of  trustees,  and  also  the  chairman  of  the  executiv^e 
committee,  as  well  as  the  chairman  of  the  building 
committee. 

Daniel  Clouser  was  born  December  24:th,  1813,  in 
Berks  County,  Pa.  In  the  year  1833  he  w^as  con- 
verted to  God  and  united  with  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion. He  was  a  pious,  devoted  follower  of  Christ,  and 
a  very  acceptable  local  preacher,  never  standing  in  op- 
position to  the  regular  pastor.  His  end  was  peace.  To 
the  question  of  the  f ntni-e  his  invariable  answer  was, 
"all  right."     His  last  words  were  "  Jesus  !  now,  now  ! " 

A  memorial  service  was  held  in  which  addresses  were 
delivered  by  A.  M.  Stirk,  C.  S.  Haman,  and  C.  K. 
Fehr.     Bishop  Esher  presided. 

TEMPER  ANCE. 

Resolved^  That  we  utterly  condemn  the  present  high 
license  movement  as  being  in  the  interest  of  the  saloon 
and  intended  to  divide  the  temperance  hosts;  and  that 
we  demand  constitution  d  prohibition  for  the  st^te  and 
nation,  and  for  the  securing  of  this  we  solemnly  pledge 
our  influence  as  gospel  ministers,  onr  prayers  as  Chris- 
tians and  our  i)allots  as  American  freemen.  Resolvedy 
That  the  radical  and  widespread  difference  of  opinion 
as  to  the  best  method  to  be  employed  for  the  speedy 
securing  of  prohibition  is  but  natural  and  must  always 
be  expected  as  the  legitimate  result  of  free  thouglit  and 
free  speech  on  every  great  q'lestion;  and  therefore  we 
condemn  as  un-American  and  un-Christian  the  spirit  of 
intolerance  so  extensively  m  mi  tested  in  this  contest. 
Resolved,  That  we  rejoice  in  the  fact  that  the  Legisla- 


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389 


ture  of  Pennsylvania  has  taken  initiative  steps  towards 
securing  constitutional  prohibition  by  submitting  this 
question  to  the  votes  of  tlie  people. 

FINANCE. 

Receipts: 

Balance  on  hand $      71.47 

From  Charitable  Society 262.50 

From  publishing  house 1,131.00 

From  conference  collections 1,658.77 

$3,123.74 


Expenditures  : 

raid  to  claimants $3,025.00 

Conference  expenses 52.57 


$3,077.57 


Balance  on  hand $      46.17 


MISSIONARY    APPROPRIATIONS. 


Phila.  8th  St $150 

Plymouth 100 

Norristown 50 

Souderton 150 

Perknsie  and  Quaker- 
town  125 

Hellertown 250 

Plioenixville 150 

Pottstown 175 

South  Bethlehem  and 

Frecmansburg  ....  275 

Easton 250 

South  Easton 250 

Lansdale  and  Quaker- 
town  (for  last  year)  100 


Allentown  1st  Ward. $175 
"         Liberty  St.  300 

Emruis 200 

Pen   Argyl 275 

Coplay 225 

Reading  Mission.  .  .  .   400 
"  house 

rent 100 

Wesnersville 375 

Kutztown 275 

Hamburg 275 

Florida  sr.  preacher. .    333 
Florida  jr.  preacher..  167 
Florida  traveling  ex- 
penses jr.  preacher.     35 


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EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


[1887. 


Mauch  Chunk $250 

Wilkesbarre 350 

White  Haven 275 

CoaldaleandLansford  275 
Scliuylkill  Haven..  .  .    300 

Lehighton 225 

Port  Carbon 250 

Tamaqna 75 

Lebanon 200 

Lititz 100 

Lancaster  Mulb'y  St.    300 
"      Water  St....     75 

Harrisbnrg 400 

"         for  interest  180 
Mt.  Joy 200 


Fredericksburg $250 

Annville 100 

Dauphin 175 

Wiconisco 150 

Trevorton,  to  be  ap- 
plied as  last  year.  .    280 

Sunbnry 175 

Mount  Carmel 300 

Ashland 125 

Frackville 300 

Phila.  8th  St.,  into 
Church  Building 
treasury 250 


Total $10,520 


APPOINTMENTS. 


Philadelphia  District— C.  K.  Fehr, 

P.  E. 
Philadelphia  8th  St.— D.  A.  Medlar. 
Germantown— S.  T.  Leopold. 
Norristown— W.  A.  Leopold. 
Plymouth— A.  Markley. 
Trappe— W.  H.  Stauffer. 
Pottstown— J.  S.  Newhart. 
Phoenixville— A.  J.  Brunner. 
Milford— F.  Sechrist. 
Lansdale  and  Montgomery— W.     W. 

Yost. 
Souderton— J.  D.  Acker. 
Perkasie  and  Quakettown— T.  A.  Hess. 
Pleasant  Valley— I.  P.  Heisler. 
Hellertown  Miss.— T.  L.  Wentz. 
Bethlehem— B.  P.  Bohner. 
Freemansburg  and  South  Bethlehem— 

O.  L.  Saylor. 
Easton— J.  C.  Krause. 
South  Easton— B.  C.  Krupp. 

Allentown  District— ,S'.  C.  Breyfogel, 

P.E. 
Allentown  Linden  St.— W.  K.  Wieand. 


Allentown  Turner  St.— A.  Krecker. 
Allentown  First  Ward— J.  Specht. 
Allentown  Liberty  St.— A.  W.  Warfel, 
Emaus— E.  Butz. 
Lehigh— W.  H.  Weidner. 
Catasauqua— H.  J.  Glick. 
Coplay— A.  E.  Williams. 
Slatington— A.  S.  Kline. 
Berlinsville- R.  M.  Lichtenwalner. 
Bath— I.  U.  Royer. 
Pen  Argyl— C.  D.  Dreher. 
Bangor— J.  W.  Hoover. 
Monroe- D.  S.  Manning. 
Wayne— H.  A.  Smith. 

Reading  District— J".  C.  Uornberger, 

P.  E. 
Reading  8th  St.- J.  M.  Rinker. 
Reading  6th  St.— J.  H.  Shirey. 
Reading  9th  St.— J.  C.  Bliem. 
Reading  Mission— B.  D.  Albright. 
Friedensburg— R.  Deisher. 
KutztowH— D.  Yingst. 
Wesnersville— D.  Lentz. 
Hamburg- J.  Stermer, 


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Birdsboro— N.  A.  Barr. 
Mohnsville— B.  H.  Miller. 
Adamstown — J.  K.  Fehr. 
Terre  Hill— J.  D.  Woociring. 
Conestoga— F.  D.  Geary. 
Browustown— J.  W.  Woehrle. 
Florida— J.  L.  Guinther  and  H.  Dutill. 

Lebanon  District—^.  M.  Stlrlc,  P.  E. 
Lebanon  Chestnut  St.— VV.  F.  Heil. 
Lebanon  8tli  St.— U.  H.  Hershey. 
Annville  and  Hanover— J.  Savitz. 
Harrisburg— S.  S.  Cliubb. 
Fredericksburg  and  Mount  Nebo— A. 

M.  Sampsel. 
Pine  Grove— E.  J.  Miller. 
Tremont  and  Keiner  City— A.  Souliard. 
Williamstown— G.  D.  Sweigert. 
Myerstown— D.  Z.  Kembel. 
Womelsdorf— A.  Kindt. 
Lititz— A.  Dilabar. 
Manlieim— J.  P.  Miller. 
Lancaster  Water  St.— I.  Hess. 
Lancaster  Mulberry  St.— F.  Smith. 
Mlllersville — J.  B.  Esenwein. 
Creswell— n.  H.  Romberger. 
Mt.  Joy— A.  B.  Saylor. 

PoTTSViLLE  District— C.    S.  Haman, 

P.E. 
Pottsville— W.  C.  Kantner. 
Schuylliill   Haven    St.    Peter's— L    J. 

Beitz. 


Schuylkill  Haven  Trinity— J.  A.  Feger. 
Cressona— J.  S.  Overholser. 
Orwigsburg— W.  A.  Shoemaker. 
Port  Carbon— F.  P.  Lehr. 
Tamaqua— A.  H.  Snyder. 
Mauch  Chunk— F.  E.  Erdman. 
Uazleton— S.  B.  Brown. 
White  Haven— W.  Schuler. 
Coaldale  and  Lansford— L.    N.    Wori- 

man. 
Wilkesbarre— J.  G.  Sands. 
Lehighton— G.  W.  Gross. 
Weissport— C.  H.  Egge. 
Parry  ville— A.  F.  Leopold  &  C._E.  Hess. 

MiLLERSBURG    DISTRICT— B.    J.  Smoy- 

er,  P.  E. 
Millersburg— H.  D.  Shultz. 
Dauphin— D.  W.  Bicksler. 
Berrysburg— H.  M.  Wingert. 
Wiconisco— G.  B.  Fisher. 
Uniontown— C.  J.  Warmkessel. 
Trevorton— E.  R.  Seip. 
Sunbury— G.  A.  Knerr. 
Mahantongo— C.  8.  Brown. 
Shamokin— A.  A.  Delong. 
Mt.  Carmel— G.  C.  Knobel. 
Ashland— J.  K.  Seyfrit. 
Shenandoah— D.  S.  Stauffer. 
Frackville— J.  M.  Longsdorf. 
Mahanoy  City— J.  R.  Hensyl. 
Barnesville— J.  M.  Shoop. 
Ringtown— S.  Buntz. 


'  Hitherto  hath'the  Lordhelped  usP — I  Samuel  vii  :  12. 


•AlpHcibetical  \\o\\  of  r-reacFiers. 


I.— Such  Who  Have  Traveled  and  Whose  Names  Appear 
ON  the  Lists  of  Appointments. 

''''Men  that  have  hazarded  their  lives  for  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christy    Acts  xv:  26. 

In  the  earlier  years  the  quarterly  conferences  frequently 
granted  licenses  to  local  preachers,  but  inasmuch  as  these 
transactions  are  not  always  recorded  in  the  annual  confer- 
ence books,  it  is  impossible  in  many  instances  to  determine 
the  exact  year  in  which  brethren  received  license.  Where 
the  exact  date  of  licensing  is  missing,  the  year  in  which  the 
name  first  appears  on  the  annual  conference  records  is  sub- 
stituted. The  year  1887  has  been  counted  in  computing  the 
number  of  "j-ears  in  active  service."  This  item  includes  the 
number  of  years  traveled  in  the  East  Pa.  Conference  only. 
The  names  marked  with  a  *  are  still  upon  the  roll  of  the  Con- 
ference as  Itinerants  ;  those  marked  with  a  f  are  also  still  up- 
on the  records  but  not  in  the  Traveling  Connection. 


Names.                              'S              ■a  .^  %°             o  .S  > 

2          t^  .s"         .a  mS3 

.H               a  "H                 'S  <u 

i-:i                 W  O                    O  t>i 

tAckerJ.  D 1886  1886  2 

Adams  Jacob 1847  1847  1848        1850  33 

Aepley  Benj 1837  1838  1839        2 

Albright  Jacob 1803  1796  1803  12 

♦Albright  B.D 1867  1867  1869        1871  21 

Allen  Joseph 1837  1827  1 

Altimos  Solomon 1833  1833  1835        3 

Anstein  George 1831  1831  2 

ApgarJ.  A 1859  1859  1861        1864  8 

26 


394  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Names. 


1-^ 

Bachman  Wra.  H 1855 

*BakerC.  H 1853 

Barber  James 1817 

*BarrN.  A 1878 

t  1  Bartholomew  Daniel....  1856 

Bast  Ephraim 1844 

Bauer  Moses 1837 

Baumgartner  Jacob 1819 

Baumgartner  Samuel 1833 

Becker  Michael 1810 

Becker  Abraham 1823 

Becker  Benjamin 1825 

Bell  Jacob 1833 

Berger  Daniel 1834 

Bernhart  M.  N 1870 

Best  Joseph 1839 

Betz  Matthew 1809 

*BickslerD.  W 1877 

Bixler  Benjamin 1823 

Bixler  Jacob 1831 

Bisse  H.  A 1850 

tBlack  W.  L 1873 

*Bliem  J.  C 1855 

tBliem  Calvin  A... 1873 

SBoas  Jacob 1833 

Boesher  Benjamin 1817 

BBoetzel  A 1858 

*BohnerB.  F 1862 

Borauf  Frederick 1822 

4Bosch  J.  G 1844 

*5  Bowman  Thomas 1859 


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1856 

1858 

1860 

8 

1863 

1859 

1864 

30 

1817 

1818 

1830 

21 

1878 

1880 

1883 

10 

1859 

1861 

... 

1844 

1845 

1847 

12 

1837 



2 

1819 

1821 

6 

1832 

1834 

1836 

4 

1810 

3 

1832 

1834 

1836 

5 

1835 

1 

1833 

1834 

3 

1834 

1836 

1838 

30 

1870 

1 

1839 

1 

1809 

1810 

1813 

5 

1877 

1881 

1883 

9 

1823 

3 

1831 

2 

1850 

1851 

4 

1873 

1875 

1877 

9 

1866 

1863 

1868 

32 

1873 

1 

1833 

1835 

3 

1817 

3 

1858 

1860 

1862 

7 

1864 

1865 

1868 

83 

1833 

3 

1844 

1846 

1848 

5 

1859 

1861 

18G3 

29 

1.  Traveled  ten  years  in  the  Indiana  Conference  where  he  was  ordained  Dea- 
con and  Elder.  2.  Entered  the  Western  Conference  in  1836.  3.  In  later  years  he 
traveled  in  the  Atlantic  Conference.  4.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1848. 
5.  Elected  Bishop  in  1875,  but  retained  his  membership  in  the  East  Pa.  Confer- 
ence until  the  present  time. 


ROLL    OF    PREACHERS. 


395 


Names.  "%  -a'S 

.2  CI 

*Bowman  James 1873  1873 

Breidenstein  John 1818  1818 

Breyfogel  Seneca 1859  1802 

*Breyfoj?el  S.  C 1873  1873 

Brickley  George 1829  1829 

Brickley  Daniel 1831  1831 

BrickleyJohn 1835  1835 

*1  Brown  S.B 1861  1864 

*BrownC.  S 1872  1874 

Bruer  Thomas 1814  1814 

Bruer  Jacob 1815  1815 

*Brunner  A.  J 1885  1885 

Buchman  Abraham 1813  1813 

Buck  Thomas 1823  1823 

Bucks  Henry 1832  1832 

Buechwalter  John 1812  1812 

tBuntz  Stephen 1885  1887 

Burkhart  Jacob 1831  1831 

*Butz  Edmund 1857  1858 

Campbell  John 1831  1831 

*Capp  H.  M 1880  1880 

*ChubbS.  S 1859  1860 

2ClewellT.  G 1853  1853 

3  Custer  M.  L 1875  1875 

Danner  Fred 1840  1840 

4  Dareich  Jacob 1841  1841 

Dehotrjohn 1815  1815 

Dehotf  Moses 1816  1816 

Deibler  Michael 1812  1812 

*5Deisher  Reuben 1844  1846 

Bellinger  George 1837  1837 

*Delong  A.  A 1871  1870 

Deppen  Isaac 1833  1833 

1.  Served  three  years  in  Kansas  the  Conference. 

Evangelical  Messetiger  in  1857.    3.  Entered  a  western 
tered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1848.    5.  Served  six  years 


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1874  1876  9 
1820  1822  6 
1863    1865  18 

1875  1877  15 
1830    1832  10 

1833  1835  5 

1 

1866    1868  21 

1875    1877  14 

1815    2 

1817  1828  8 

1887    3 

1814    3 

1825    1827  18 

1834  1843  15 

1 

1 

1833   1846  8 

1860    1862  30 

2 

1882    1884  4 

1862    1864  28 

1855    1857  5 

1877    2 

1841    1843  14 

1843    1845  8 

1816  1821  10 

1818  1820  6 

2 

1851    1853  33 

2 

1872  1874  17 
1 

2.  Elected  editor  of  the 
conference  in  1877.  4.  En- 
in  the  Atlantic  Conference. 


396 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Names. 


♦Dilabar  Augustus 1874 

1  Dissinger  Moses 1853 

Dotterer  Franklin 184G 

*DreherC.  D 1882 

Dreibelbis  Reuben 1868 

Dreisbach  John 1807 

tDutill  Howard 1886 

Ebbert  Joseph 1839 

Eby  Andrew 

Eckert  John 1844 

*3  Egge  C.  H 1866 

Eisenberger  John 1831 

SEiss  Michael 1837 

Ely  Ephraim 1853 

*Ely  Solomon 1856 

Enders  George 1837 

Erb  John 1808 

*4  Erdman  F.  E 1875 

Erly  Jacob 1835 

tEsenwein  J.  B 1888 

Ettinger  Adam 1816 

Ettinger  Benjamin 1816 

Farnsworth  J.  C 1843 

Farry  Abi-aham 1839 

*Feger  J.  A 1870 

*Fehr  C.  K 1861 

*Fehr  J.  K 1871 

tFetter  W.  W 1885 

Fisher  David 1840 

*FisherG.  B 1859 

Fisher  Henry 1831 

5  Fliehr  C.  B 1859 

1.  Entered  ihe  Kansas  Conference  in  1879.  2.  Keceived  his  license  and  orders 
in  the  Iowa  Conference,  where  he  traveled  ten  years  before  entering  the  East  Pa. 
Conference.  3.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1848.  4.  Traveled  four  years  in 
the  Michigan  Conference  where  he  was  ordained  Elder.  5.  Entered  the  Atlantic 
Conference  in  1876. 


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1876 

1878 

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1856 

1859 

35 

1846 

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1883 

1884 

1886 

6 

1870 

1871 

1873 

5 

1807 



1809 

14 

1887 

1 

1839 

1835 

1 

1835 

1 

1845 

1846 

1848 

8 

1866 

18G8 

1870 

12 

1831 

3 

1837 

1840 

1841 

13 

1852 

1854 

1856 

19 

1866 

1866 

1868 

11 

1837 

1830 

5 

1808 

1810 

1813 

8 

1875 

1878 

1880 

7 

1835 

3 

1887 

1 

1816 

1817 

3 

1816 

1818 

1830 

7 

1843 

1844 

1846 

13 

1839 

1 

1871 

1873 

1874 

17 

1861 

1863 

1865 

37 

1870 

1873 

1874 

17 

1885 

1 

1840 

1843 

1846 

9 

1860 

1863 

1864 

26 

1831 

1335 

1839 

13 

1863 

1863 

1865 

13 

ROLL    OF    PREACHERS. 


397 


1  Focht  George 1860 

Fordman  Edward 1877 

Foy  Jacob 1823 

Frey  Abraham 18?>3 

Frey  Jacob 1807 

*Frey  Joshua 1848 

Friess  Samuel 1835 

Frueh  John 1816 

Gates  Peter 1833 

Gaumer  Samuel 1847 

tGarret  William 1840 

♦Geary  F.  D 1883 

Gehman  L.  H 1863 

♦Gingrich  Christian 1849 

2Glaeser  E 1873 

Glasser  Frederick 1821 

*GlickH.  J 1875 

*Goebel  Nicholas 1851 

SGoetschel  A 1862 

Gross  Joseph 1842 

Gross  Jacob 1846 

♦Gross  G.  AV 1875 

4  Guhi  Matthew 1857 

♦Guinther  J.  L 1879 

Haines  G.  T 1837 

♦HamanC.  S 1854 

Ham  bright  Davis 1848 

Hambright  W.  W 1869 

Hamilton  John 1825 

5  Hammer  Charles 1830 

Harlacher  Joseph 1833 

♦Harper  Thomas 1852 

1.  Licensed  by  the  Central  Conference,  was  ordained  by  our  Conference,  after 
whicli  lie  entered  the  Pittsburg.  2.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Conference  in  18T6. 
3.  Received  credentials  to  enter  a  western  conference  in  1868.  4.  Sent  as  mission- 
ary to  California  in  1864,  and  entered  the  Brie  Conference  in  1S76.  5.  Elected 
general  book  agent  in  1839. 


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1832 

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1807 

1819 

6 

1855 

1855 

1857 

14 

1835 

1 

1816 

1818 

1820 

4 

1833 

3 

1847 

1848 

1850 

13 

1840 

1851 

1 

1883 

1885 

1887 

5 

1868 

1869 

3 

1851 

1853 

1854 

24 

1873 

1874 

1876 

3 

1821 

1823 

7 

1875 

1877 

1879 

13 

1851 

1853 

1856 

25 

1864 

1865 

1867 

4 

1842 

1847 

1850 

17 

1846 

1848 

1850 

9 

1875 

1877 

1879 

13 

1857 

1859 

1861 

13 

1880 

1882 

1884 

8 

1837 

1839 

1841 

36 

1855 

1857 

1859 

38 

1848 

1850 

1854 

21 

1870 

1 

1825 

1827 

1839 

6 

1830 

1831 

1833 

9 

1832 

1834 

1836 

9 

1860 

1860 

1864 

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398  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Names.  'g 

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Hartman  Martin 1836 

Hartman  A.  M 1880 

1  Hashingjer  J.  R 1882 

Hassler  Henry 1818 

*Heil  W.  F 1880 

Heim  Wm 1837 

♦Heislerl.  F 1881 

Henig  Adam 1813 

Henneberger  Peter 1836 

*Hensyl  J.  R 1876 

*HersheyU.  H 1871 

*Hess  Isaac 1848 

*HessT.  A 1873 

tHessC.  E 1887 

Hesser  Charles 1831 

High.!.  J 1873 

Himmelreich  J.  S 1830 

*2  Hirakavva  Toyotsura....  1882 

*Hotrman  Francis 1826 

Horfujan  E.  A 1866 

tHoffsomer  A 1871 

Holl  Ctinstian 1836 

Hoock  Jacob 1828 

♦Hornberger  J.  C I860 

*HooverJ.  W 1879 

Hummel  Christian 1837 

Hunter  R.  G 1830 

Huth  Abraham 1812 

3  Jacobs  J.  A 1835 

4  Jacoby  Levi 18i7 

Jimeson  Alexander 1804 

Kaltreiter  Fred 1816 

*5  Kantner  W.  C 1875 


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1880 

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1883 

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1818 

1820 

1822 

5 

1880 

1882 

1884 

8 

1837 

1838 

1840 

33 

1882 

1884 

1886 

5 

1813 

1814 

4 

1830 

1837 

4 

1877 

1880 

1882 

10 

1871 

1873 

1875 

17 

1848 

1850 

1852 

35 

1872 

1875 

1877 

16 

1887 

1 

1831 

1833 

1835 

13 

1873 

1875 

4 

1830 

1832 

3 

1882 

1885 

1887 

6 

1825 

1828 

1832 

60 

1867 

1868 

2 

1871 

1 

1836 

1838 

1840 

11 

1828 

1 

1865 

1867 

1869 

33 

1878 

1881 

1883 

9 

1838 

1839 

1841 

16 

1830 

1 

1812 

1 

1835 

1837 

1839 

5 

1847 

2 

1804 

2 

1816 

1818 

3 

1875 

1870 

1878 

8 

1.  Keceived  credentials  in  18S4.  2.  A  native  missionary  In  Japan.  3.  Entered 
the  West  Pa.,  Conference  in  1839.  4.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1348. 
5.  Served  five  years,  18T6-'81,  as  missionary  In  Oregon. 


KOLL    OF    PREACHERS. 


599 


NAMES. 


Kegel  Henry 1835 

Kehr  Daniel 1830 

1  Kehr  Jacob 1835 

Kelly  Levi 1853 

*Kembel  D.  Z 1857 

Kempfer  Herman 1851 

*Kindt  Anthony 1866 

Kleinfelter  John 1813 

Kleinfelter  Jacob 1813 

Kleinfelter  Adam 1817 

*KlineA.  S 1883 

2  Knerr  George 1849 

Knerrl.  E 1861 

*Knerr  J.  K 1861 

*Knerr  G.  A 188G 

*3  Knobel  G.  C 1871 

2Koehl  John 1848 

4Koester  Henry 1853 

Kopp  J.  J 1832 

Krall  Samuel 1838 

Kramer  John 1839 

*Krause  J.  C 1880 

*Krecker  Frederick 1838 

5KreckerDr.  Fred 1876 

*6  Krecker  Augustus 1875 

Kring  Conrad 1823 

*Krupp  B.  C 1885 

Kurtz  John 18c6 

Kutz  Joseph 1856 

LandisG.  H 1866 

Lanz  George 1820 

+Laros  Jesse 1864 


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1832 

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1835 

1837 

1843 

10 

1853 

1856 

8 

1864 

1865 

1867 

24 

1860 

1858 

1874 

11 

1868 

1870 

1872 

20 

1813 

1815 

1817 

12 

1813 

1815 

1817 

12 

1817 

1819 

1821 

13 

1883 

1885 

1887 

5 

1850 

1852 

1854 

26 

1861 

1863 

1865 

26 

1866 

1867 

1869 

16 

1886 

2 

1874 

1875 

1878 

4 

1846 

1848 

1850 

30 

1854 

1856 

1858 

8 

1832 

1834 

4 

1838 

1 

1839 

1841 

1843 

9 

1880 

1882 

1884 

8 

1837 

1840 

1842 

50 

1876 

1877 

1879 

8 

1874 

1876 

1878 

8 

1823 

1825 

1827 

13 

1885 

1887 

3 

1861 

1883 

1865 

15 

1858 

1861 

1864 

10 

1869 

1873 

2 

1820 

1820 

1 

1865 

1868 

1879 

19 

1.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1848.  2.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Conference 
inl8T6.  3.  Was  licensed  and  ordained  in  the  Illinois  Conference  where  he  traveled 
before  entering  this  Conference.  4.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Conference  in  HT6. 
5.  Missionary  in  Japan  from  18T6  to  the  time  of  his  death.  6.  Entered  the  Pacific 
Conference  in  1879  and  served  there  and  in  the  Oregon  Conference  six  years. 


400  EVANGELICAL  LANDMARKS. 


NAMES.  "2 

ILauer  Martin 1844 

tLaury  G.  H 1873 

1  Lehn  Michael 1839 

*Lehr  F.  P 1853 

*Lehr  J.  0 1854 

Leib  J.  P 1831 

Leitner  Christian 1831 

*Lentz  David 1862 

*2  Leopold  A.  F 18«5 

♦Leopold  W.  A I8r>7 

♦Leopolds.  T 1874 

3  Leslie  L.  E 1873 

*Lichtenwalner  R.  M 1860 

Liesser  Abraham 1803 

tLitzenberger  Reuben 1845 

4  Long  Joseph 1822 

LongD.  N 1835 

5  Longsdorf  Alexander 1838 

*6  Longsdorf  J.  M 1872 

tLoos  Cornelius 1847 

Lutz  John 1832 

Maize  M.  F 1833 

Major  H.  C 1851 

+ManningD.  A.  S 1885 

Manwiller  Daniel 1824 

t7Markley  Abraham 1871 

8  Marquardt  J.  G 1844 

Mattinger  George 1827 

McCray  Robert 1812 


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1842 

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1853 

1855 

1858 

35 

1854 

185G 

1858 

31 

1831 

1833 

1835 

44 

1831 

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1863 

1864 

1867 

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1865 

18G6 

1868 

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1867 

1869 

1871 

21 

1873 

1876 

1878 

14 

1874 

1875 

1877 

4 

1862 

1863 

1865 

24 

1803 

3 

1856 

1857 

1859 

8 

1822 

1824 

1826 

11 

1835 

3 

1838 

2 

1872 

1874 

1876 

3 

1847 

1849 

1853 

13 

1833 

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1833 

1835 

1837 

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1852 

1853 

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1887 

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1824 

1826 

1828 

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1872 

1874 

1876 

6 

1845 

1846 

1848 

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1827 

1831 

8 

1813 

3 

1.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Conference  In  1848.  2.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Conference  in 
1876  and  after  serving  tiere  for  a  number  of  years  returlied  to  this  Conference 
in  1885.  3.  Received  credentials  in  1878.  4.  Elected  to  the  office  of  Bishop  in  1843. 
5.  Entered  the  W.  Pa.  Conference  in  1839.  6.  Licensed  and  ordained  in  the  Central 
Pa.  Conference,  vrhere  he  traveled  13  years  before  entering  this  Conference  in  1885. 
1.  Traveled  one  year  in  the  Central  Pa.,  Conference.  8.  Entered  the  N.  Y.  Con- 
ference in  1848 ;  returned  in  1851 ;  was  sent  as  missionary  to  California  in  1867 ;  re- 
turned in  1871.    In  later  years  he  traveled  in  the  Atlantic  Conference. 


ROLL    OF    PREACHERS.  401 


Names.  » 

s 

>3 

McLehn  Noah 1848 

*MedlarD.  A ^873 

tMertz   David 1839 

*MetzgarJ.  N 1865 

Meyers   Christian 1841 

Middlekauf  George 1820 

Miesse  Samuel 1829 

1  Miller  George 1805 

Miller  John  W 1822 

Miller  Solomon  G 1829 

Miller  Michael 1831 

Miller  Frederick 1835 

Miller  Philip 1846 

2  Miller  Elias  B 1854 

tMillerJ.  H 1851 

♦Miller  B.  H 1868 

*Miller  E.  J 1871 

*Miller  J.  P 1884 

3  Mintz  William 1838 

Moore  G.  W 1877 

4  Mosser  Sebastian 1835 

5  Mott  Robert 

t  Moyer  Benjamin 1860 

Muck  Samuel 1817 

Neitz  Solomon 1840 

*Neitz  H.  A 1867 

♦jSTewhart  J.  S 1872 

Mebel  Henry 1809 

Noecker  John 1834 

Oberholzer  Isaac 1848 

Oehrle  H.  E .„ 1866 

1.  In  arlilitiou  to  the  four  or  five  years  spent  in  active  service,  Geo.  Miller  de- 
voted the  remainder  of  his  years  to  preaching  as  much  as  his  strength  would 
allow,  and  to  valuable  literary  labors.  2.  Received  credentials  in  1866.  3.  En- 
tered the  N.  Y.  Conference  in  1848.  4.  Entered  the  West  Pa.  Conference  in  1839. 
5.  Received  from  the  Pittsburg  Conference  in  1871,  and  after  traveling  two  years  in 
this  Conference  received  his  credentials. 

26a 


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1853 

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1872 

1874 

1876 

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1839 

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7 

1865 

1867 

1869 

19 

1841 

1843 

J  844 

33 

1820 

1832 

3 

1843 

1842 

1845 

5 

1805 

1807 

5 

1822 

1835 

1837 

7 

1829 

1831 

1834 

1 

1831 

1833 

3 

1835 

1838 

1846 

1 

1854 

1856 

1858 

11 

1855 

1858 

1 

1871 

1878 

1874 

17 

1871 

1873 

1874 

17 

1884 

1886 

4 

1838 

1840 

1843 

11 

1877 

1 

1835 

1837 

1839 

5 

1871 

3 

1865 

1 

1817 

1819 

4 

1840 

1843 

1844 

41 

1867 

1868 

1870 

14 

1872 

1874 

1876 

16 

1809 

1813 

1813 

17 

1834 

4 

1858 

1856 

1 

1869 

1869 

1 

402  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Names. 


1-3 

OplingerJ.  M 1872 

1  Orwig  W.  W 1828 

*Overholser  J.  S 188L 

Overholt  A.  H 1864 

Peters  John 1818 

Peters  Jacob 1819 

Plattenberger  Theo 1851 

Poorinan  John 1832 

Ramige  George 1839 

Raus  John 1843 

Ray  WilHam 1829 

ReberW.  L 1843 

Reich  George 182o 

2ReinholdD.  G 1881 

Reinoehl  S.  P 1853 

Reisner  J.  C 1822 

*Reitz  I.  J 1874 

Rhoads  S.  G • 1851 

Rickel  John 1816 

Riegel  Jacob 1834 

Rlegel  John 1834 

*RinekW.  H 1879 

*Rinker  J.  M 1873 

3  Rissinan  Joseph 1839 

Roehrig  WilUam 1830 

Roessner  John 1831 

4  Roland  Henry 1839 

*Romberger  H.  H 1879 

4  Rosenberger  John 1838 

tRothermel  C.  M 1884 

*Royer  I.  U 1884 

*Sampsel  A.  M 1877 


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O 

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at 

1872 

1873 

1875 

8 

1828 

1830 

1832 

9 

1882 

1884 

1886 

6 

1865 

1866 

1868 

4 

1818 

3 

1819 

4 

1854 

1856 

1858 

22 

1835 

1 

1839 

1841 

1843 

9 

1843 

2 

1829 

1831 

2 

1843 

1845 

1847 

19 

1825 

1827 

5 

1881 

1883 

1885 

5 

1853 

1855 

1857 

16 

1823 

1824 

1826 

10 

1874 

1876 

1878 

14 

1851 

1852 

1854 

25 

1816 

1818 

4 

1834 

1836 

1838 

11 

1834 

1836 

4 

1880 

1882 

1884 

6 

1873 

1875 

1877 

15 

1839 

1 

1830 



1 

1831 

1833 

4 

1839 



1 

1880 

1883 

1885 

8 

1838 

1840 

2 

1884 

2 

1884 

1886 

4 

1876 

1879 

1881 

11 

1.  Elected  Editor  of  the  Chrisllic7ie  Botschafter  in  183T.  2.  Entered  the  Kansas 
Conference  in  1886.  3.  Entered  the  West  Pa.  Conference  1839.  4.  Entered  the 
West  Pa.  Conference  in  1839. 


ROLL    OF    PREACHERS.  403 


Names.  "S  ■=  £              5°           S  .g  >; 

.2  d                     'E                  S  ^oi 

hJ  H                     O                 O  ^ 

*SandsJ.  G 1862  1867  1868        1870  21 

Sauer  Henry 1842  1842  2 

*Savitz  James 1863  1869  1870        1872  16 

*Saylor  J.  M 1825  1824  1827        1832  41 

Savior  Jacob 1834  1834  1830        1838  8 

*SaylorO.  L 18G5  1872  1871        1874  16 

*SaylorA.  B 1883  1883  1885        1887  5 

Schaeffer  George 1837  1837  1838        1840  3 

Schaeffer  J 1868  1868  1 

Soharfe  Frederick 1843  1843  1845        1847  6 

1  Scharfe  Gustave 1862  1866  1867        1869  10 

Scheimer  J.  S 1866  1866  1868        3 

Schell  John 1848  1848  1850        1852  26 

Schimpf  Jacob 1834  1834  1834        2 

Schmidt    Philip 1816  1816  1 

Schmidt  William 1842  1842  1 

Schmidt  G.C 1843  1843  1845        3 

Schmidt  Lewis i860  i860  1862        1869  4 

Schneider  George 1825  1825  1829        11 

2  Schneider  Theobald 1843  1843  1845        1847  6 

Schneider  Jacob 1851  1859  1859        2 

Sehnerr  Jacob 1829  1830  1831         1833  9 

Scboepflin  W.  G 1886  1 

Schreffler  John 1833  1833  1 

*Schuler  William 1883  1883  1885        1887  5 

Schultz  Abraham 1844  1844  1846        1848  29 

Schuppert  Ludwig 1836  1836  2 

3  Schwilly  Philip 1837  1837  1839        1841  6 

tSebold  Thomas 1849  1855  1856        1858  7 

*Sechrist  Frank 1867  1868  1869        1871  19 

Seger  George 1835  1835  1 

*SeipE.  R 1885  1885  3 

SenselJohn 1833  1833  1835        1837  18 

4SeybertJohn 1821  1821  1822        1824  19 

1.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Conference  in  18T6.  2.  Entered  the  New  York  Confer- 
ence in  1848.    3.  Entered  the  Ohio  Conference  in  1S43.    4.  Elected  Bishop  in  1839. 


404  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Names. 


*Seyfrit  J.  K 1866 

Shauer  Frederick 1812 

SherkN.  B ia76 

Shining  John 1816 

*Shirey  J.  H 1876 

♦Shoemaker  W.  A 1868 

Sholty  William 1823 

*Shoop  J.  M 1877 

tShultz  David 1848 

*Shultz  H.  D 1874 

Sichley  Elias 1832 

1  Sindhnger  J.  M 1834 

2  Sindlinger  Michael 1840 

*Smith  Ferdinand 1877 

tSinithH.  A 1884 

*Smoyer  B.  J 1866 

SSnyder  Lewis 1849 

*Snyder  A.  H 1884 

tSouliard  A 1887 

*Specht  Joseph 1858 

tSpeiclierC.  C 1884 

Stambach  John 1813 

Stauffer  Henry 1814 

*Stauflfer  D.  S 1870 

♦Stauffer  W.  H 1880 

4  Stauffer  F.  G 1880 

Steck  Thomas 1842 

2  SteltzerJoseph 1856 

*Stermer  John 1883 

*Stirk  A.  M 1867 

*Stoetzel  Henry 1837 

Stoever  E 1828 

Stoever  F.  L 1849 

Stoll  John 1821 


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1867 

1869 

1871 

20 

1812 

1814 

1816 

5 

1876 

1877 

1 

1816 

1818 

1820 

5 

1876 

1878 

1880 

12 

1869 

1871 

1873 

19 

1822 

1823 

3 

1886 

1887 

3 

1849 

1 

1874 

1876 

1878 

14 

1832 

1834 

4 

1834 

1836 

1838 

9 

1840 

1842 

1849 

39 

1877 

1879 

1881 

11 

1884 

1886 

4 

1866 

1868 

1870 

23 

1851 

1852 

1856 

28 

1884 

1886 

4 

1887 

1 

1858 

1860 

1862 

30 

1884 

2 

1813 

1814 

1817 

7 

1814 

2 

1870 

1872 

1874 

16 

1881 

1883 

1885 

7 

1881 

1883 

2 

1842 

1844 

5 

1860 

1861 

1863 

16 

1883 

1885 

1887 

5 

1868 

1870 

1872 

20 

1837 

1839 

1858 

18 

1828 

1829 

1831 

8 

1849 

1 

1821 

1823 

1825 

4 

1.  Entered  the  West  Pa.  Conference  in  1843.  2.  Entered  the  Atlantic  Confer- 
ence in  ]S76.  3.  Entered  the  Kansas  Conference  in  ]879.  4.  Entered  the  Ohio 
Conference  in  18S3. 


KOLL    OF    PREACHERS. 


405 


Stoll  William 1827 

1  Straub  Anthony 1870 

*Sweigert  G.  D 1870 

Thomas  David 1815 

Thomas  Christian 1833 

2  Thomas  Henry 1835 

Tobias  Samuel 1836 

Tobias  Daniel 1833 

tTrumbore  M 1870 

Vandersal  John 1831 

Van  Gundy  Samuel  1834 

Vogelbach  Jacob 1836 

3  Wagner  Philip 1823 

tWagner  William 1831 

4  Wagner  Jacob 1847 

5  Walker  F.  W 1855 

Walter  John 1803 

Walter,  Jr.,  John 1813 

Walter  Michael ]814 

*6Walz  W.  E 1883 

*WarfelA.  W 1873 

*Warmkessel  C.  J 3881 

Weaver  A 

Weiand  Henry 1817 

nVeidner  W.  H 1858 

tWeissW.  C 1881 

*Wentz  T.  L 1883 

tWerner  Joseph 1854 

*Werner  J.  L 1866 

3  Westhafer  Henry 1836 

*Wieand  Daniel 1844 

*Wieand  W.  K 1866 

Wiest  Peter 1834 


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1827 
1875 
1876 
1815 
1833 
1835 
1836 
1833 
1870 
1821 
1834 
1837 
1823 
1831 
1847 
1855 
1803 
1813 
1814 
1885 
1874 
1883 
1871 
1817 
1864 
1881 
1886 
1855 
1869 
1836 
1845 
1866 
1834 


1875 

1876 

1878 

1816 

1837 

1839 

1831 

1838 

1840 

1834 

1826 

1857 

1859 

1809 

1816 

1820 

1885 

1875 

1877 

1884 

1887 

1865 

1867 

1887 
1857 
1870 
1838 
1847 
1868 


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1870 


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1 
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23 
2 
2 
5 

15 
4 

23 

23 
3 


1.  Enterea  the  Atlantic  Conference  in  1S76.  2.  Entered  the  West  Pa.  Confer- 
ence in  1839.  3.  Entered  the  West  Fa.  Conference  in  1S39.  4.  Entered  the  N.  Y. 
Conference  in  184S.  5.  Entered  the  Illinois  Conference  in  1S62.  6.  Missionary  to 
Japan  since  1SS3. 


406  EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


1  WiestS.  L 1869 

*Williams  A.  E 1885 

nVingert  H.  M 1877 

Wissler  Henry 1824 

Witt  Samuel 1818 

*Woehrle  J.  W 1876 

Wohlfarth  J.  F 1871 

Wolf  Andrew 1816 

Wolf  David 1819 

Wolf  Christian 1821 

*Woodring  J.  D 1878 

Workman  J.  R 1873 

*Worman  L.N 1865 

Wright  R 1856 

YambertJ.  H 1828 

Yambert  Aaron 1832 

2  YeakelJesse 1848 

8  Yeakel  Reuben 1853 

Yeakell.  W 1870 

4Yeakel  A.  L 1878 

Yerlitz  David 1810 

*Yingst  Daniel 1859 

5  Yost  William  1853 

*Yost  H.  R 1872 

*Yost  W.  W 1884 

6  Young  John 1831 

Young  Jesse 1851 

*Zern  Jacob 1856 

*Ziegenfus  Andrew 1850 

Zimmerman  Leonard 1811 

7  Zimmerman  I.  E 1867 

Zinzer  J.  Gr 1829 


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1871 

1873 

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1885 

1887 

8 

1882 

1884 

1886 

6 

1824 

1826 

1828 

7 

1818 

1836 

3 

1876 

1878 

1880 

12 

1871 

1873 

1875 

6 

1816 

1 

1819 

1820 

1822 

4 

1821 

1821 

1 

1878 

1881 

1883 

9 

1875 

2 

1865 

1867 

1869 

23 

1856 

3 

1828 

1829 

1831 

7 

1833 

3 

1853 

1854 

1856 

33 

1854 

1855 

6 

1871 

1872 

1874 

7 

1880 

1 

1810 

1813 

5 

1860 

1861 

1863 

25 

1853 

1855 

1857 

12 

1872 

1874 

1876 

14 

1885 

1887 

8 

1831 

1833 

1837 

9 

1851 

1858 

3 

1856 

1858 

1860 

37 

1850 

1852 

1854 

36 

1811 

1813 

1816 

1868 

1869 

1871 

.  8 

1829 

1831 

1833 

7 

1.  Elected  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  in  1S79,  but  did  not 
transfer  liis  membership  from  the  Conference  until  later.  '2.  Entered  the  Atlantic 
Conference  in  187(5.  3.  Elected  corresponding  secretary  of  the  ^Missionary  So- 
ciety in  1S59.  4.  Subsequently  entered  the  Atlantic  Conference.  5.  Elected  cor- 
responding secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  in  1S64.  6.  Entered  the  West  Pa. 
Conference  m  1S39.    7.  Keceived  credentials  in  ISSG. 


KOLL    OF    PREACHERS. 


407 


II.— Local    Deacons   Who  Have   Never   Been   in   the 
Active  Work. 


''Fellow  hel-pers  to  the  truth.''''    3  John  8. 


The  names  marked  with  a 
the  Conference. 

Licensed.  Names. 

1848.  Bertolet  Jacob. 
*1863.  Clemens  H.  S. 

1822.  Conser  J.  G. 

1832.  Danny  Henry. 
1874.  Dooley  John. 

*1850.  Egge  Wm.  J. 

1831.  Focht  Daniel. 

1863.  Frankenfleld  S. 

1860.  Harm  Greorge. 

1833.  Hassel  Charles. 
1830.  Hassler  Michael. 

1838.  Hencky  Ludvvig. 
1853.  Hinkel  Adam. 

1834.  Kibler  Martin. 
1837.  Klein  Jacob  D. 

1849.  Kletzinger  Henry. 
*1856.  Kneisley  B. 

1839.  Krissinger  D.  W. 
*1861.  Lehman  D. 

1851.  Lehr  P.  H. 


*  are  still  upon  the  records  of 


Licensed. 

18(36. 

1833. 

1806. 
*1853. 

1863. 

1859. 

1871. 

1860. 
*1859. 
n861. 

1849. 

1831. 
*1853. 

1853. 

1826. 
*1871. 

1869. 

1860. 

1851. 

1859. 


Names. 
Loos  AVilliam. 
Miesse  D.  K. 
Miller  Solomon. 
Miller  J.  H. 
Miller  Levi. 
Miller  George. 
Minsker  W. 
Moyer  Jos. 
Moyer  John  W. 
Painter  J. 
Rhoads  Jeremiah. 
Riem  Abraham. 
Rogers  William. 
Saylor  Abraham. 
Seger  Samuel. 
Steckley  Matthew. 
Wagner  W. 
Werner  J. 
Wittmer  D. 
Wolf  C. 


III.— Local  Preachers  on  Trial  Who  Have  Never  Been 
IN  THE  Active  Work. 

'■'■Our  felloio-labourers  in  the  gospel  of  Christ.''''    1  Thess.  in:  3. 

The  names  marked  with  a  star  (*)  are  still  upon  the  records 
of  the  Conference. 


Licensed.  Names. 

*1863.     Alspach  William. 

1830.     Aubel  Christopher. 

1834.     Becker  Daniel. 


Licensed.  Names. 

*1883.     Benfield  A. 

1835.     Bernsheimer  Wm. 

1833.     Bertolet  Daniel. 


408 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Licensed.          Names. 

Licensed.          Names. 

1806. 

Bisse  Charles. 

1832. 

Fichtner  Daniel. 

1834. 

Boetz  Peter. 

1859. 

Fischer  G.  H. 

1834. 

Bolig  D. 

*1886. 

Fluck  W.  R.  S. 

1834. 

Bolig  Wm. 

1852. 

Foitz  Jesse  L. 

1866. 

Boyer  Edward. 

1877. 

Fordman  Edward. 

1851. 

Boyer  W.  L. 

1881. 

Fox  J. 

1851. 

Bozzard  Joseiih. 

1832. 

Frankenfelter  Peter. 

1837. 

Breidenstein  Philip. 

*1886. 

Freed  J.  K. 

1856. 

Brown  Samuel. 

1832. 

Frey  Samuel. 

1839. 

Bruer  Moses. 

1852. 

Fritz  J.  L. 

1866. 

Burkhardt  C. 

1830. 

Frueh  Conrad. 

*1873. 

Butterweck  S. 

1870. 

Funk  H.  K. 

1878. 

Butz  J.  K. 

1859. 

Gaembel  D. 

*1875. 

Campbell  J.  D. 

1870. 

Gaumer  E. 

1869. 

Canzler  M. 

1832. 

Gebhart  Joseph. 

1859. 

Clauser  Daniel. 

1879. 

Gobble  A.  E. 

1880. 

Cole  J.  B. 

1864. 

Guelich  H. 

1856. 

Copp  P.  B. 

1853. 

Haberrj'  Adam. 

*1882. 

Crowell  J.  F. 

*]874. 

Hallenbach  Joshua. 

*1883. 

Derone  J.  B. 

1882. 

Harris  M.  W. 

1856. 

Detweiler  W.  C. 

1837. 

Hartman  Jacob. 

1856. 

Detweiler  Peter. 

1829. 

Hassler  Jacob. 

1851. 

Dewies  Wm. 

1866. 

Hawley . 

1867. 

Dick  John. 

1856. 

Hechler  D. 

1847. 

Dieder  Emanuel 

1869. 

Heil  Nathan. 

1877. 

Dissinger  I.  S. 

1877. 

Hirst  A.  V. 

1826. 

Dissler  Jacob. 

1868. 

Hoch  Isaac. 

*1885. 

Doerstler  A.  H. 

1843. 

Hocka  Michael. 

1839. 

Dressier  George. 

1860. 

Hoehle  AV. 

1870. 

Dundore  S.  P. 

*1862. 

Hoffman  Wm.  E. 

1876. 

Dunkelberger  S.  H. 

Hoffman  W.  L. 

1817. 

Dutt  John. 

1874. 

HoUenbach  Joshua. 

1838. 

Ebby  Benjamin. 

1884. 

Holzapfel  G. 

1854. 

Eberhart  Levi. 

1876. 

Hoover  Galen  W. 

1885. 

Ebert  D.  J. 

1853. 

Hornberger  Zach. 

1845. 

Edel  Michael. 

*1866. 

Hunsberger  Jesse. 

*1874. 

Ely  G. 

*1885. 

Johnson  W.  J. 

1868. 

Engel  S. 

1831. 

Kaufman  Jacob. 

1841. 

Eschliman  J. 

1889. 

Kaufman  John. 

1832. 

Ettinger  Jacob. 

1869. 

Kaufman  N. 

ROLL    OF    PKE.\CHERS. 


409 


Licensee 

1.          Names. 

Licensed.          Names. 

1878. 

Keller  J. 

1838. 

Miller  Samuel. 

1860. 

Kello  Joseph. 

1853. 

Miller  Michael  J, 

1834. 

Kerstetter  John. 

1859. 

Miller  J.  J. 

1828. 

Kleinfelter  Jacob. 

1859. 

Miller  Jonathan. 

1834. 

Kleinfelter  Peter. 

*1877. 

Miller  Henry. 

1835. 

Kleinfelter  John. 

*1877. 

Miller  L.  G. 

1834. 

Koch  Jacob. 

*1873. 

Miller  AViliiam. 

1837. 

Kocher  George. 

*1885. 

Mintzger  A.  H. 

1865. 

KolbB.  (orL.) 

1860. 

Moyer  B. 

1863. 

Kooker  D. 

1873. 

Moyer  Joseph. 

*1887. 

Kostenbader  D.  F. 

1872. 

Nicholas  Wm. 

*1886. 

Kresge  A.  S. 

1837. 

Nies  Jacob. 

1853. 

Kurtz  Jonathan. 

1835. 

Oberdorf  Daniel. 

1857. 

Langhart  Jacob. 

1872. 

Pfeifle  Christian. 

1831. 

Lenhart  George. 

1806. 

Philips  J.  C. 

1866. 

Leuther  F. 

1853. 

Plotts  P.  W. 

*1868. 

Licht  Simon. 

1832. 

Poorman  David. 

1848. 

Light  David. 

1837. 

Rank  Jacob. 

1869. 

Light  A. 

1856. 

ReberG.  H. 

*1869. 

Light  Adam  R. 

1844. 

Reber  George. 

1878. 

Light  A.  D. 

1886. 

Reed  T.  M. 

1835. 

Long  Benjamin, 

1865. 

Rhoads  W.  W. 

1866. 

Ludwig  M.  F. 

1851. 

Ripley  John. 

1869. 

Lutman  F.  B. 

*1881. 

Roessel  R. 

1868. 

Lutz  J.  K. 

*1873. 

Romig  W.  B. 

*1887. 

Malseed  J.  P. 

*1887. 

Romig  E.  H. 

1883. 

Manshardt  M. 

1867. 

Ruehl  L. 

1884. 

Mauger  E.  B. 

*1870. 

Sallade  J.  M. 

1833. 

McBride  Henry. 

1856. 

Schatz  Rudolph. 

*1887. 

McCloud  George. 

1845. 

Schaug  Christian. 

*1885. 

McCurdy  S.  0. 

*1859. 

Schelden  L.  L. 

1879. 

McNutt  J.  S. 

1867. 

Schirmeyer  J. 

1855. 

Medlar  Samuel  B. 

*1867. 

Schmidt  J.  K. 

*1859. 

Medlar  S.  B. 

1873. 

Schnebel  Daniel. 

*1883. 

Medlar  W.  H. 

1826. 

Schneider  John. 

1834. 

Merck  George. 

1874. 

Schneider  C. 

1816. 

lileyer  Henry. 

1837. 

SchrefBer  Daniel. 

1837. 

Miesse  Henry. 

1857. 

Schuker  Emanuel. 

1836. 

Miller  Peter. 

1868. 

Schultz  Edward. 

1826. 

Miller  John. 

1820. 

Schwarz  .John. 

1837. 

Miller  Jacob. 

1835. 

Schwarz  Daniel. 

27 

410 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Licensee] 

Names. 

Licensee 

1.          Names. 

1860. 

Schwarz  H. 

*1880. 

Weidel  J. 

1861. 

Schwerer  P. 

1877. 

Weidenhammer  C.  Y. 

1851. 

Sehbold  Thomas. 

1873. 

Weidner  J.  F. 

1830. 

Shaefer  A.  B. 

1833. 

Wengert  Henry. 

1856. 

Shauio  J. 

1860. 

Wentz  Levi. 

1835. 

Sico  Oliver. 

1856. 

Werner  Samuel. 

1866. 

Siegfried  J.  R. 

1873. 

Wilson  E. 

1878. 

Snyder  C.  W. 

*1872. 

AVilson  Joshua. 

1866. 

Snyder  Edward. 

1877. 

AVilson  I. 

1844. 

Spohn  Samuel. 

1856. 

Wilson  J. 

1810. 

Stambach  Henry. 

1868. 

Wi miner  B. 

1878. 

Steltz  A.  S. 

1874. 

Winsler  W. 

*1886. 

Strunk  Henry. 

*1867. 

Witmer  D.  L. 

1879. 

Swartz  G. 

1875. 

Woehlte  J.  C.  E. 

1881. 

Teter  J.  R 

1826. 

Wunder  Matthew. 

1851. 

Theobald  A.  H. 

1837. 

Yeakel  Andrew. 

1836. 

Thomas  John. 

1842. 

Yeakel  Christopher. 

1875. 

Transue  J.  A. 

1845. 

Yeakel  Christophel. 

1880. 

Updegraff  S. 

*1865. 

Yeakel  D. 

*1882. 

Uyeno  Mikuma. 

1866. 

Yeakel  Adam. 

1831. 

Vandersal  Jacob. 

1864. 

Yerger  J.  F. 

]837. 

Wagner  Charles. 

*1871. 

Young  S.  S. 

*1877. 

Wagner  Gleorge. 

1832. 

Young  Henry. 

1860. 

Wagner  G.  W. 

1857. 

Zuber  D. 

1871. 

Weaver  W.  W. 

*1887. 

Zuber  S.  A. 

1873. 

Webber  William. 

OXJiK.  IDEjPlID. 


One  by  one  they  hang  their  armour  on  the  tower  of  David 
"whereon  hang  a  thousand  bucklers,  all  shields  of  mighty 
men." 


Names. 

Miller  Solomon. 
Peters  Jacob. 
Vandersal  John. 
Schneider  John. 
Stambach  John. 


Tear 

of 
Death. 

Names. 

Tear 

of 
Death. 

1805. 

Liesser  Abraham. 

1819. 

1808. 

Albright  Jacob. 

1833. 

1813. 

Betz  Matthew. 

1826. 

1816. 

Miller  George. 

1826. 

1818. 

Walter  John. 

1828. 

OUR    DEAD. 

Year 

of 

Death. 

Names. 

Year 

of 

Death. 

1828. 

Kleinfelter  Jacob,  "the 

1856. 

second." 

1859. 

1829. 

Meyer  Henry. 

1860. 

1830. 

Manwiller  J). 

1863. 

1833. 

Frey  Samuel. 

1864. 

1833. 

Wolf  Christian. 

1867. 

1833. 

Miller  John  W. 

1867. 

1833. 

Young  Henry. 

1869. 

1833. 

Borauf  E'rederick. 

1869. 

1833. 

Wolf  Christian. 

18G9. 

1834. 

Tobias  Daniel. 

1869. 

1834. 

Bieni  Abraham. 

1870. 

1837. 

Roessner  John. 

1871. 

1837. 

Thomas  John. 

1871. 

1837. 

Yeakel  Andrew. 

1871. 

1838. 

Breidenstein  Philip. 

1871. 

1888. 

Ettinger  Benjamin. 

1872. 

1839. 

Dressier  George. 

1873. 

1839. 

Hammer  John. 

1873. 

1840. 

Miesse  Henry. 

1874. 

1840. 

Zimmerman  Leonhai'd. 

1874. 

1840. 

Berkheimer  William. 

1874. 

1841. 

Altimos  Solomon. 

1874. 

1842. 

Witt  Samuel. 

1875. 

1843. 

Stroh  Abraham. 

1875. 

1842. 

Shaefer  John. 

1875. 

1843. 

Buck  Thomas. 

1875. 

1843. 

Hesser  Charles. 

1875. 

1844. 

Focht  Daniel. 

1876. 

1848. 

Dieder  Emanuel. 

1876. 

1848. 

Bisse  Charles. 

1876. 

1849. 

Schnerr  Jacob. 

1876. 

1850. 

Stoever  Fred.  L. 

1877. 

1851. 

Shultz  David. 

1878. 

1851. 

Rippley  John, 

1878. 

1852. 

Seijsel  Jolni. 

1878. 

1854. 

Bisse  H.  A. 

1878. 

1854. 

Fisher  Henry. 

1878. 

1855. 

Banner  Frederick. 

1878. 

411 


Gross  Jacob. 
Frey  Abraham. 
Seybert  Bishop  John. 
Kleinfelter  John. 
Schugar  Immanuel. 
Barber  James. 
Dewees  W. 
Saylor  Abraham. 
Ruehl  L. 
Deppen  Isaac. 
Long  Bisliop  J. 
Wagner  Philip. 
Dundore  S.  F. 
Dreisbach  John. 
Brown  Samuel. 
Kehr  D. 
Young  John. 
Meyei's  Christian. 
Wolf  Charles. 
Ely  Ephraim. 
Thomas  David. 
Light  David. 
Snyder  Edward. 
Dreibelbis  R. 
Overholser  Isaac. 
Yeakel  Christopher. 
Reich  George. 
Leib  John  P. 
Rhoads  S.  G. 
Schelt  John. 
Longsdorf  A. 
Eekert  John. 
High  J.  J. 
Kempfer  Herman. 
Breidenstein  John. 
Heim  William. 
Ettinger  Adam. 
Bertolet  Jacob. 
Dissinger  I.  S. 


412 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Year 

of 

Death. 

Names. 

ar 
of 
Deatli 

1878. 

Delling-er  George. 

1883. 

1879. 

Reinoehl  S.  P. 

1883. 

1879. 

Haines  G.  T. 

1883. 

1879. 

Gaumer  Samuel. 

1883. 

1880. 

Berger  D. 

1884. 

1880. 

Reber  W.  L. 

1884. 

1880. 

Schneider  Jacob. 

1884. 

1880. 

Kurtz  Jonathan. 

1884- 

1881. 

Adams  Jacob. 

1884. 

1881. 

Shultz  Abraham. 

1885. 

1881. 

Snyder  Lewis. 

1885. 

1883. 

Oplinger  J.  M. 

1885. 

1882. 

Hambright  W.  W. 

1835. 

1882. 

Rhoads  Jeremiah. 

1886. 

1883. 

Krecker  Dr. Frederick. 

1887. 

1883. 

Farns worth  J.  C. 

1887. 

1883. 

Cole  J.  B. 

Dissinger  Moses. 
Sindlinger  J.  M. 
Zinser  J.  G. 
Miesse  Samuel. 
Gross  Joseph. 
Hambright  Davis. 
Breyfogel  Seneca. 
Overholt  A.  H. 
Boas  Jacob. 
Neitz  Solomon. 
Fliehr  C.  B. 
Miller  George  H. 
Major  H.  C. 
Knerr  I.  E. 
Hammer  Charles. 
Clouser  Daniel. 


Statistical  Tables. 


Prior  to  tlip  year  1861  no  regular  statistical  tables  appear 
upon  the  records  of  the  Conference.  The  following  tables 
\ip  to  that  time  are,  therefore,  a  compilation  rather  than  a 
transcript,  a  compilation  made  from  reli  ible  data  occurring 
incidentally  upon  the  minutes.  Much  time  and  the  most  ex- 
acting pains  were  taken  to  make  these  statistics  minutely 
accurate  and  thoroughly  reliable.  It  was  impossible  to  com- 
pile trustworthy  figures  of  local  preachers  before  the  year 
1848,  because  of  the  fragmentary  and  indefinite  sources  of  in- 
formation. 


STATISTICAL    TABLES. 


413 


I -THE  EARLY  DAYS. 


Yeak. 


1800. 
1801. 
1802. 
1803. 
1804. 


1805.  . 
180G... 
1807. .. 
1808... 
1809... 
1810.  . 
1811... 
§1812. 
1813... 
1814... 
1815... 
1810... 
1817... 
1818... 
1819... 
1820... 
1821... 
1822... 
1823... 
1824... 
1825... 
1826... 


20 


120 


i35 


78 
72 
160 
101 
196 
235 

mo] 

224 
267| 
273! 
303i 
208 
204' 
175 
179! 
231 
254' 


114 


40 

60 

75 

120 

220 


426 

528 
112  740 
202  761 
129!  796 
3041016'  11 
2661108'  14 
39214011  15 
3061493  16 
3961707 
3551895 
3431992 
2581974 
2151936 
2051854 
2001878 
2652039 
345I2207 


< 


61.00 


159 

8283, 

13  344 

915'414 

5|13'588, 

515:553, 

10211700, 

1221,769, 

7|2i:935, 

7  21 1938. 
322  708. 
6  21611. 

10  23  642 
819  637 

8  22:676. 
9231616. 
6  21775. 


44.00 
42.72 
30.80 
51.97 
96113.68 
61  65.36 
38!  59.69 
00'171.80 
40  206.93 
73  354.30 
58  362.15 
06174,55 
28' 177. 85 
64149.62 
97160.31 
06137.83 
70108.86 
16|  97.63 
123.46 


£    5 


2' 
2- 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
6 
6 
7 
7 
212 
2il3 
2!l2 
213 
213 
211 
212 
310 
310 


*  "Several."  t  "A  few."  t  History  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  5  The 
totals  of  the  statistics  for  1812,  as  given  on  page  23,  were  transposed  in  some  un- 
accountable manner.    They  are  correct  as  given  in  this  table. 


414 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS, 


ir.-THE  EASTERN  AND  WESTERN  CON- 
FERENCES. 


Yeak. 


*1827 

"  Eastern.. 
1828 

"  Eastern.. 
1829  

'•  Eastern.. 
1830 

"  Eastern.. 
1831 

"  Eastern.. 
1832 

"  Eastern.. 
1833 

"  Eastern.. 
1834 

"  Eastern. 
1835 

''■  Eastern.. 

1836 

t  "  Eastern. . 
1837 

"  Eastern. 
1838 

"  Eastern. 
1839 

"  Eastern.. 


346 

293  i 
382 
320 
306 
2461 
632 
381 
555 
446 
697 
54'^ 
606 
471 
717 
561 
723 
508 
948 
464 
116S 
644 

512 

603 


■2  a 


n 


^  "1g 


^  3 


478  2507| 
393,2044 
4.>8'2(577 
373  2176 
43:")|2862 
2712214 
720;3245 
4382373 
6633580 
521:26171 
808  3925'; 
627  2792, 
7024252 
560  3026] 
9064689; 
707  33771 
9705119: 
698  3630 
943  5628' 
617.33791 
1420  6665! 
7473077] 
....J7309; 
6643954 
....i78.o9; 
7114206' 


46 
32 
46! 
33j 
40 
35 
53! 
36 
56 
40 
53, 
351 
63 1 
42; 
66; 
411 
72! 
47  j 

401 

45 

51 

50 


16;  23, 

5|  18l 
16  22 

6  16 
18l  26 

7;  20 
o^i  25 
"9I  19 


r<i 

u 

a 

0 

p 

Si 

s 

0 

0 

w 

f>» 

bl) 

^ 

a 

-3 

.0 

<i/ 

P 

P-i 

'ainri  4.0 

3 

20  44 
13  33 

21  44 
15  33 
21  53 
171  42 
...|  55 

13:  30 

...  64 

18  37 

...I  70 

12!  41 

...|  82 

15  43 


,^817. 15;.?  105 
704.591  105 
935.29;  200 
796.41i  185 
932.06;  272 
790.55;  252 

1275.08;  302 

1005.66!  266, 

142S.791 

1133.14; 

1633.99! 

1360.45! 

2157.49; 

1808.431 

2543.80! 

2064. 41! 

2540.17 

2011.87 


1833.66 


453 
424 

513 
464 
340 
269 

487 
404 
636 

475 


505.04 


40;  2 
82  3 
88!  3 
37;  3 
82!  2 
36'  3 
45!  2 
93!  414 
91;  3lll 
04!  4;  17 
911  3  13 
19;  5!21 
41  4^16 
19  521 
,6l!  416 
92  525 
0  41 19 
7!28 


2168.37  811.28 


3090,37 
3607!  89 


794. 

713! 


4116 

7I3O 
418 
833 
519 
936 
5122 


*  From  1S2T  to  IS40  double  statistics  will  be  given.  The  upper  row  of  figures 
opposite  each  year  indicate  the  total  statistics  for  both  the  Eastern  and  West- 
ern Conierences;  the  lower  row,  the  statistics  of  the  Eastern  Conference  only. 

t  The  General  Conference  of  183.5  transferred  three  circuits  to  the  Western 
Conference.  This  accounts  for  the  decrease  in  the  ministry  and  membership  of 
the  Eastern. 


STATISTICxiL    TABLES. 


415 


III -THE  EAST  PENNSYLVANIA  CONFER 
ENCE. 


Yeak. 


1840.. 

1841.. 

1843,. 

1843. 

1844. . 

1845.. 

1840.. 

1847.. 

1848.. 

J 1849 


Year. 


18.50. 
18.51 . 
1852. 
18.53. 
18.54. 
18.55. 
1856. 
1S5T. 
185S. 
1859. 
1860. 


^ 


525  ... 

4761  618  2733  40 

796:  982  3439  44!  91 

117513714372;  44  14 

575!  6964497  43j  20^ 

667l  83347471  43  23' 

557|  7364790  53!  6' 

538  6384930!  50'  17{ 

70310415169!  37  81913 

530'  630  3910'  281  613'14, 


o 


21$ 

29  2406.82 
29  3751.41 
35  3090.89 
37  3922.19 

39 

41 

43;4831.89 
46  4369.54, 
30 


48.60 
553.02  60.00' 
779.20  60.00; 

475.0852.80: 
398.48|48.00i 
58.20! 
56.16| 
56.901 
54.72: 
89.50! 


433.44 
951.57 


313 
315 
3|19 
3i30 
433 
4125 
426 
528 
6,28 
318 


w  o  S 

a  o  "T. 

8gi*  . 

to!  ^ 

GO  >  -^ 

s^  !h 


48T  691 
750!  8T5 
735  878 
824  960 
738  865 
9115  1038 
750  766 
858  100-2 
1286  1543 
:'209  1897 
107111251 


4087  32 

4538  33 

4829  36i 

.5293  3S! 


5701 
5967 

35 

41 

6000 

43 

6145 

45 

7009 

7564 

48 

7863 

47 

11 11 

12  23 

11  21 
915 
10  .. 
19  .. 
21125 
201  4' 


2142 
■21:42' 


bo  «l-i  ,03 


180.00 


...:    95.00 

..  !  94.00 
...'  96.00 
.78  100.00 
...  97.00 
324.67   96.00 


87.00 
93.00 


Pi  f^  M 

3  2135 
3  21  41' 
3  24  42: 
3  23  47 1 
3  29  58 
3  30  65 
3  32  70 
3  33  67 
3  32  75 
3,36  86 
3:37:80! 


02 


3,54  2003  4862 
444'2363:  5727 
507  2036  5949 
527:3030:  7638 
647,3646'  883  0 
7173947il0206 
725'41 .36  10972 
61S4.532I  8147 
900  500017007 
1630  5552  17466 
964  5395  12140 


*  From  this  time  forth  the  number  of  preachers  in  active  service  is  taVcen  from 
the  list  of  appointments  of  the  year  previous,  that  is,  the  number  on  the  list  of  ap- 
pointments in  1839,  is  placed  on  record  as  reported  in  1840,  thus  bringing  this 
part  into  harmony  with  tlie  re.st  of  the  statistics  of  the  East  Pa.  Conference, 
t  The  amount  of  salary  here  given  is  that  of  an  unmarried  preacher.  An  equal 
amount  additional  was  allowed  for  the  wife  of  a  married  prea<-her,  and  one- 
fourth  additional  for  each  child  under  a  certain  age.  t  The  decrease  in  the  sta- 
tistics of  this  year  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  New  York  Conference  had 
been  separately  organized. 


416 


I<:VANGKLICA  L    LANDMARKS. 


The    llrcist    r-enn5\lvaiiia    (jonferen 


ce. 


(consTTiisi'TUEirD.) 


Tear. 


SiS"^ 


1S61. 
1862. 
1863. 
1864. 
1865. 
1866. 
1S6T. 


75'3TT1165 

SS21S'1TT 
100  2S3193 
...|40T;136[  .533 
123-'87U0|  359 
115  375  184  54i 
10S42i,2iS   404 


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n 

r^ 

a 

3 

TC! 

ai; 


153T  4S'  8299 
|1113  120  8633 
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n 

rt- 

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o 

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S  05    < 


756  53 

"43  52 

756  57 

765  55 


li4' 

171S130 


87751  S5:  807    60 


23  42   58103 

27,45  5S10S 
29'44i  59  109 
341..  64117 
32  ..    67!  125 


9000  136'  SOI    64'  5  30  23    63  129 


1S6S 118  303  221'  493'   ... 

1869 ;121  271  1201  537  .. . 

1S70 103  2471 1  S9l  7291303 

1S71 il03  20i;iSll  6232029 

"j.872 il50'298  365'  455  21SS 

1873 [  i78  230  216'  477,  .'19'> 

1 874 1 148  .^99  390;  76.)  3005 

1875 '208402.551    9742512 

1876 167  329  3iO|  834  3283 

1877 1153  353  379;  SJo  .'741 

1878 147  276  452|  896  2763 

1879 127  290  416'  9S!5  2007 

1880 156  1S9  476    943  2225 

1881 183,135469    S39  1.540 

1882 '207  122  377:1014  1719 

1883 171107  398,  757  1926 

JSS4 196    764311140  1913 

1885 183  114  414    766  16S2 

18S6 183  103,4271  746  2207 

1837 205!l00,468|  869:2062 


1562  226    9507    98    97J; 
1535  276   9S54  119  10061 

1766;243  10035  2231009 

1563  211  11000  229  10^6 
16,-)5  364  11297  146  1003! 
221228712470  127  10(52, 
2012  2271.U75  1S2  1378 
2619  290  14401  144  1404,  97  10  40  54  100  186 
2464  5.59  14730  252  1401  105  10  35  4S  108  195 
2588  45S  15959  231  1498    98    t  31  48    91  203 
2177-281  14799  227  1223  102    3  28  5:i    90  190K 
2365  3S7  14998  243  1150,   98' . .  '30  56,   85  191  '-S 
1928  373  14790  12S  1229,  9ll..'28  56    82495;<< 
2027i357  14863  178  1202:  94    1 129  59   90  192i^ 
1590307  14305  151  1166'   93 
1782  324  14867!lS7  1257    94 
1884  323  15275  2  U  1221  101,   6  22  53    90  193;<^ 
2  I8s'2-i2  15472  132  1153  102    5  24  46    95  201 
174-.''3l6  13763  176  1211  HI,  4  23  56  100,20? 
2152270  16456  219  12S4  113,  4  21  59  100:206>^ 
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INDEX. 


Ackermanville,    235,  256,  299,  3lT,  3T1; 

Cir     2T5   283   291 
Adamstown,  1(3,  309;  Cir.,  226,372,  383. 
Albany,  177,  292,  3S5. 
Albright  Jacob,  11,  12;  ordination,  13; 

license,    13;    bishop,    17;   death,    17; 

biography,  20,  74;  monument,  370. 
Albright  Church,  130, 134, 14J,  145,  157, 

163,  168,  173,  221. 
AlbrightsviUe,  275,  283. 
Allentowu,  Linden  St.,  148,  152,  153, 

319;  Turner  St.,  214,   244,    299;  First 

Ward,201,  220.  249,  250,  284,  292,  329; 

Liberty  St.,  256. 
American  Tract  Soc,  113,  143. 
Annville,  173,  256,  264,  282,28.^,  349,383; 

Cir.,  174,  184,  189,  349. 
Articles  of  Faith,  18, 133. 
Ashland,  243,  256,  283,  299,  350,  359,  373; 

Cir..  168,  173,  177,  215. 
Atlantic  Conf.,  270,  274,  293,  361. 
Auburn,  215. 

B. 
Bainbridge,  319. 
Bangor,  235,  256,283,  317;  Cir.,  226,  275, 

299. 
Baptism,  60,  61,  93,  133.  [372. 

Barnes ville,  284;  Cir.,  250,  264,  309,  328, 
Bartholomew's,  275,  283. 
Bath,   243,  249,   263,   284,   300,   311,   338; 

Cir.,  235,  291. 
Berne,  116,  227. 
Benevolent  Collections,  298. 
Berlin,  255. 

Berlin-sville,  244;  Cir.,  206,  256. 
Bernville,  250,  257,    276,  284,   300,   310, 

319,  330. 
Berrysburg  Cir.,  235,  290,  299. 
Bethel,  243. 
Bethlehem,  129,  157,201,  256,310;  Cir., 

168. 
Big  Creek,  226. 
Birdsboro.  244,  263,  275. 
Bishops.  17.  US.  121,  132. 
Blandon.  282.  292. 
Board  of  Publication  and  the  Kditor, 

231-5,  240 ;  and  Germany,  2s9-90. 
Bolich'S,  243,  276,  300,  329. 
Boltz's  Class,  173. 
Book  Establishment,  38,  43,  53,  57,  69, 

84,  85;  in  Cleveland,  135-6;  branch 

in  Heading,  144, 153, 156,  159,  162  ;  in 

Philadelphia,  148 ;  in  Allentown,  201. 
Book  Commission,  29,  39, 45. 


Botsehaftcr  Der  Chr..  77,  85,  91. 

Bowman  Bishop  T.,  274. 

Bowmansville.  359,  373,  385. 

Boyertowu,  255,  275. 

Brandonville,  256,  283. 

Brendel's,  173. 

Brickcrsville,  250. 

Bridesburg,  189,  201,  243. 

Bridgetown,  3S3. 

Briefschaft  Steuer,  15. 

Brownstown,    173,  385;  Cir.,  201,   250 

309,  372,  383. 
Bushkill,  235,  256,  275,  2S3. 
Business  Rules,  110, 112. 


California  Class,  372,  384. 

Camden,  162, 184,  201,  255. 

Campelstown,  173,  264. 

Campmeetings,  20,  182,  243. 

Canada  Conf.,  187. 196. 

Carbon  Cir.,  113, 116. 

Catasauqua,  168, 189,  300. 

Catawissa,  159, 173. 

Catechetical  Instructions,  137,  174,  216, 

244,  362 ;  Catechism,  the  first,  IS. 
Cecil  Miss.,  134, 138, 173. 
Cedar  Creek,  168. 
Cedar  Hill  Seminary,  265. 
Centennial,  National,  274,  275. 
Central  Pa.  Conf.,  165, 196,  257,  277,  293. 
Centreville,  283,  309,  372. 
Certificates  of  Membership,  86,  249. 
Charitable  Society,  69,  80, 106, 144. 
Chester  Cir.,  138, 177,  243,  249. 
Children's  Day,  352,  374,  386. 
Church  Building  Soc,  199,  200,  205,  225, 

236,  350. 

Churches,   special    services    in,    353 

debts  on,  382. 
Class  Books,  110 ;  Leaders,  133. 
Coaldaie,  25(),  264,  275.  283,  284,  300,  309 

329,  338,  349. 

Conference— Sermon,  126, 131,  136;  Re- 
cords, 107,  156;  Collections,  206,  263 
Claimants,  325. 

Conewago,  144, 148,  264,  383. 

Course  of  Study,  106. 

Conestoga  Cir.,  249.  299,  383. 

Conestoga  Centre,  250,  282. 

Coplay,  328,  360,  372,  373,  383,  385. 

Cressona,  227,  329;  Cir.,  173,   177,  189, 
195,  206. 

Creswell  dr.,  282,  291,  319. 

Crowned  Defenders,  Our,  3S2. 

Crums  Class,  256,  264. 


420 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


B. 

Dauphin,  310;  Cir.,  lOS,  110,  116,  121, 

124,  1T8,  349. 
Dajtoil,  215,  290,  309,  359. 
Deeds  of  ChurcUes,  257,  263. 
Deep  Creelc,  168. 
Deibert  Class,  189, 195. 
Delano,  372. 
Denver,  359, 372,  373. 
"  Der  Alte  Weg,"'  213,  219. 
Discipline— Origin,  17,  IS;  Improved, 

25,  29,  30,  93  ;  Englistl,  60,  65,  69. 
District  Conventions,  265. 
Drehersville.  292. 
Dunkelberger's,  215,  236,  243. 

E. 

Early  Days,  9. 

Eastern  Conf.,  46,  50,  52,  76. 

East  Pa.  Conf.,  92.  97,  98. 

Easton,  Ger.,  141,  1.59,  168,  206. 

Easton,  Eng.,  220,  309,  350. 

East  Stroudshurg,  275,  290. 

East  Greenville,  300. 

Eby's  Class,  144,  173. 

Eden,  318. 

Educatianal  Institutions.  124,  126, 129, 
134,  14S,  149.  151,  169,  207,  244,  245,  250, 
257,  264,  265.  275,  277,  283.  284,  285, 
292,  300,  309,  320,  329,  333,  349  ;  Fund, 
265 ;  Society,  311. 

Elizabethville,  373. 

Elmira  Class,  173. 

Emaus,  16S,  250,  290,  .310. 

English— spread  of,  107. 

Evangelical  Association,  origin  of,  11, 
12, 13;  first  title,  12. 18;  incorporation, 
69;  history,  92,  147,  151;  change  of 
name,  240;  union  with  the  M.  E. 
Church,  240. 

Evangelical  Messenger,  118. 

Evangelists,  3-i8. 

Examination  of  junior  preachers,  258; 
rules  for  297,  30S,  311.  340,  362. 

Ex-offlclo  members  of  Gen'l  Conf.,  211, 
309. 

F. 

Eairville.  201,  299,  349,  359;  Cir.,  173. 

Fairs  and  Festivals,  308. 

Fetherolf's  Class,  243. 

Finance  Com.,  325,  332. 

Fisher's  Ferry,  275,  283,  299. 

Fisher's  Class,  168,  173,  177. 

Flat  Rock,  1 35. 

Fleetwood,  168,  249,  264,  282,  299;  Cir., 

244. 
Flickinger  Church,  173. 
Flint  Hili,  244,  265. 
Florida  Miss  ,  359,  381. 
Forge,  173,  282. 

Frackville.  276,  283,  310,  .329,  338,  384. 
Freemansburg,  16S,  220,  359,  371. 
Fredericksburg,  122,  138,  264,  310,  840, 

359,  363,  383. 
Friedensburg  (Berks  Co.,)  168,  318;  Cir., 

282,  291;  (Schuylkill  Co.,)  173. 


G. 

Germantown,  133, 177,  284,  276,  300,  310, 

351;  Cir.,  Ill,  144. 
Germany  Miss.,  127, 128. 
Glassborough,  162,  201. 
Gratztown,  236. 
Greenville,  201,  215;  250. 
Gruber  Church,  265. 


H. 


Halifax,  236,  264,  290,  299. 

Hallin  Run,  206. 

Hamburg,  145,  236,  276,  2S3,  284,  292, 
319.  329,  338,  350,  372,  383. 

Hamilton  Cir.,  275. 

Hanover,  173,  383. 

Harrisburg,  German,  124,  129,  131,  144, 
148,  160,  162,  178,  184,  195,  201,  226, 
256,  344,  349;  English,  227,  229,  257, 
29i!,  328,  330;  combined,  236,  349,  360, 
373,  384,  385;  district,  106, 113. 

Hatfleld,  190,  236,  257,  372,  383. 

Hasenlierg,  173. 

Hay  Creek  Chapel,  372,  384. 

Hazleton,  177, 184,  256. 

Hefner's,  111. 

Heidelberg,  (Lehigh  Co.\  156, 1.59. 

Hellertown  Miss.,  236,  239,  243,  318, 
329,  359,  360. 

Hepler's  Class,  243,  319,  330. 

Herndon,  310. 

Hilltown,  383. 

Hoffman  Francis,  369. 

Holiness,  discussion  of,  159. 

Horses  for  itinerant  preachers,  41,  43, 
67,  87,  89. 

Howertown,  168,  249,  299,  337,  372,  383. 

Hunsicker's,  303,  372. 

Hymn  Book,  first,  19,  36  ;  Saiten-Spiel, 
31,  74;  English,  71,  74,  90,  305;  Vide, 
43,  63,  71,  76,  86. 


Immigrant  Miss.,  206,  211. 

Iowa  Conf.,  165. 

Irish  Valley,  275,  299,  350. 

J. 

Japan  Miss.,  270,  327,  359. 
Jefferson,  220,  226. 
Jersey  Ciiy  Miss.,  168. 
Jonestown,  173,  189,  264,  275. 
Jubilee,  year  of,  128, 131. 
Judiciary  Com.,  308. 


Kansas  Conf.,  187. 
ivinderfreund  Der  Chr.,  151. 
Kistler's  Valley,  243,  250,  255. 
Klein's,  173. 
Krecker  F.,  383. 
Kulpsville,  330,  360,  373,  .383. 
Kutztown,  111,   360.335;  Cir.,  141,  168, 

243,  244,  249,  283,  328,  338,  372;  Miss. , 

371. 


INDEX. 


421 


Lancaster  Cir.,  109.  28-2.  292,  319;  City, 
Water  Str..  104,  113,  124,  129,  180,  131, 
153,  215,359;  Mulberry  Str.,  201,  221, 
244.  318,350,360,  374. 

Landmarks  of  the  Evan.  Assoc,  881-2. 

Language  Difficulties,  225. 

LansforO,  264,  309.  338,  349,  373,  3S4. 

Lansciale.  290,  310,384. 

Lansdale  and  Montgomery  Cir..  383. 

Lebanon  Dist.,  113;  Cir.,  109,  116,  121, 
168,  178;  Chestnut  Str.,  141,  201,  206; 
Eighth  Str.,  250,  276. 

Leesport,  168,  264,  250,  276,  284,  291,  838, 
349.  360. 

Lehigh  Cir.,  109,  116,  129,  148,  153,  168, 
348.  372. 

Lehightou.  226,  256,  263,  309. 

Lehigh  Valley  Miss.,  328,348,  372. 

Lewistowu,  372. 

Librarv  of  Conf.,  309. 

Lick  Col.  J.  H.,  351. 

Lickdale,  359. 

Limerick,  226. 

Lincoln.  372. 

Lititz,  372.  383. 

Little  Mahanoy,  226.  299. 

Liviugood  Class,  173. 

Local  Preachers.  92;  the  first,  16;  or- 
dained, i9;  examined,  255;  Conf.,  46, 
69.  78  ;  roll  of.  407. 

Locust  Vallev,  2S5,  250,  309,  338,  372. 

Lord's  Supper  at  Conf.,  120,  165,  167, 
172,  177,  181, 1S9,  195,  202,  208. 

Luzerne  Cir.,  151;  Miss.,  120. 

Lykens.  275,  290,  310,  359;  Cir.,  Ill,  121. 
226,  309,  338. 

Lyons,  249,  282, '291,  300,  371. 

Lynnville,  255. 

M. 

Macuugie  (Millerstown),  111,  168,  173, 

276. 
Magazines,  monthly,  211,345. 
Mahantongo  Cir.,  Ill,  206,  226,  236. 
Mahanoy,  168.  226,  299. 
Mahanov  Citv,  177, 195,  215,  290,  299. 
Mahanoy  Plane,  243,  256. 
JIahoning  Cir.,  263,  283,  29i,  309. 
Manbeck,  201,  206. 
Manheim,  264,  338,  339,  ,350,  361. 
Marriage  License  Law,  358. 
Matamoras,  236. 
Mauch  Chunk,  250,  291,  810;  Cir.,  226, 

256,  264,  299,  309. 
M.  E.  Church— Union  with,  240. 
Mechanicsville,  256,  257,  275,  283. 
Memorials.   (See  roll  "  Our  Dead.") 
Meyers  Class,  17,H. 
Michigan  Conf.,  187. 
Middle  Creek,  256,  275 ;  Cir.,  283,  291. 
Milford  Cir..  109,  111.  141,  253. 
Miller  George.  66,  69,  74. 
Miller  Fred  —Bequest,  144. 
MiUersburg,  177,  v:36,  299,  340. 
Miller's  Class  (Pen  Argyl  Miss.),  235, 

256,  275,  283,  '-99,  317,  338,  371. 


]   Miller's  Class  (Pleasant  Valley  Cir.), 

290,  309,  337,  34S. 
Millersville,  292,  349  ;  Cir.,  282,  319. 
Millport,  226. 
Millway,  883. 

Missionary  Appropriations,  214. 
Missionary  Soc,  90,  92;  East  Pa.  Conf., 

140  ;  Money,  255 ;  Messenger,  344. 
Missions,  Foreign,  127, 140,  317. 
Mohawk  Dist.,  104,  116. 
:\lohn'.s  Hill,  173,  226,  383. 
Mohnsville,  173,  226,  372. 
Montgomery  Cir.,  144, 184, 189,  226,  290, 

371. 
Monroe  Cir.,  113, 141,  220,  226,  256,  263, 

275. 
Mormonipm,  326. 
Moselem,  283. 
Mount  Bethel  Cir.,  256. 
Mount  Carmel,  24S,  264,  283,  29:1,  2S2, 

i99,  310,  3i8. 
Mount  Joy,  349,  383. 
Mount  Nebo,  173; Cir.,  250,  264,  275,282, 

359.  383. 
Mountville,  264,  275,  383. 
Mount  Zion,  359,  383. 
Muehlbach,  163. 
Myer.stown.  276.  319,  350,  361 ;  Cir.,  173, 

243,  249,  264,  275,  3.38. 

N. 

Nazareth,  235,  243,  256,  275,  283. 

Newark  Miss..  163,  264. 

New  Danville,  349. 

New    Jersey  Cir.,  141,  160,    168,   202; 

Miss.,  134,  138,  144,  148,  19.5. 
Newmanstown,  173,  236,  243,  249. 
New  Kochelle  iliss  ,  159, 162. 
New  York  City,  24th  Str..  104,  122,  145; 

Hudson   Str.,  159,  168,   173,  184,  189, 

201,  206;  53d   Str.,  Central  Park,  201, 

207.  216,  220,  226,  227,  257;  Vicinity, 

263.' 
New  York  Conf.,  118,  120, 123. 
Norristown,  173,  184.  189,  201,  207,  215, 

226,  236.  243,  310,  337. 
Northampton  Cir.,  108,  111,  116, 129,  235, 

256,  264,  338. 

Northumberland  Cir.,  IS. 
Northwestern  College,  311. 

O. 

Oakdale,  236. 
Ohio  Conf.,  92. 
Oiey,  16S. 

Orwigsburg,  126, 255, 290, 338, 372 ;  Dist., 
113  ;  Cir.,  i;i,  116,  215,  250. 


Palmyra,  148,  264,  283,  310,  383. 

Paradise,  256.  263,  275,  283,  290. 

Parryvilie,  226. 

Parsonages,  23,  69,  89, 159. 

Paul's  Valley.  177. 

Pen  Argyl,  349,  360,  371,  373-4,  384,  385. 

Pentecostal  Meeting,  323. 


422 


EVANGELICAL    LANDMARKS. 


Pequea,  299. 

Perkiomen,  3S3. 

Perkasie,  3S3. 

PhUadelphia.  4tti  St.,  formerly  2d  St., 
lOT,  221,  249;  South 'vark.  129,  131, 
159,  236,  243,  255,  203,  2(U ;  Christ 
Church.  13T-S,  145,  14S,  1S9,  216,  221, 
225,  227,  276-7.  300,  31S,  339,  350;  Dau- 
phin St.,  159,  i6S,  1S4,  190,  195,  206-7, 
215,  235 ;  We.st  Phil  a.,  201. 

Phcenixville,  173,  1S9,  201,  221,  275,  277, 
264  371. 

Pic-nics.  205,  206,  222. 

Pike.  3S3. 

Pine  Grove,  109, 110.  201,  206,  311 ;  Cir., 
113,  116,  124.  1S9,  264. 

Pine  Swamp.  243,  256. 

Pittsburg  Conf.,  196,  277,  293. 

Pittsburg  Church,  2S2,  291. 

Plainfield.  235,  256,  275. 

Pleasant  Valley  Cir.,  201,  244,  290,  309, 
337,  359. 

Pleasantville,  2S2. 

Plymouth  Miss.,  284,  290,  292. 

Port  Carbon,  283,  290,  329,  c59;  Cir., 
1T3,  184,  275,  338,  W9. 

Port  Clinton,  214,  256,  276,  282,  319,  338, 

Port  Jervis  Miss.,  243,  249. 

Pottstown  Miss  ,  227,  255,  275. 

Pottsville,  116.  177,  184.  256. 

Preachers— Attire  and  ornaments  of, 
34;  who  neglect  collections,  62,  63, 
137;  required  to  study  German,  65, 
316;  who  practice  medicine,  89;  un- 
licensed, 214;  term  of  service,  240; 
indigent  young,  257,  25S,  265 ;  church 
membership,  328,  370 ;  applicants  for 
itinerancy,  316,  336;  uuordained 
preachers  performing  marriage  cere- 
monies, 359 ;  license  valid,  369 ;  locat- 
ing of,  126, 133 ;  marriage  during  pro- 
bation, 56,  57,  147 ;  alphabetical  roll, 
393. 

Presiding  Elders— The  first,  26 ;  station- 
ing of,  201 ;  support  of,  121,  124,  172  ; 
at  ordination  services,  189  ;  how  electa 
ed,  200 ;  on  church  debts,  382. 

Pricetown,  168,  282. 

Probationary  Members,  126,  133,  135, 
172,  309. 

Publications,  46,  66,  83,  86,  87,  90,  92,  213 
219,231,381,  382. 

Q- 

Quakake,  250,  2S3, 

Quakertown,  309,  310,  819,  337,  371,  383. 

Quarterly  Conf.,  53,  77,  263. 

E. 
Eauch  Creek,  201,  226. 
Reading  Cir..  116;  Eighth  St.,  108,  111, 

116,   156,  159.  256,  263,  359  ;  Sixth  St. 

(formerly  Chestnut  St.),  173, 177, 178, 

201,  311 ;  Ninth  St..  227,  310,  383 ;  East, 

256,  330,  359,  883. 
Reamstown,  173,  226,  309,  372,  383. 
Rebellion,  The,  182,  184. 193, 194. 
Recommendations  to  Genl.  Conf.,  126, 

132,  297,  309. 


Reddington,  359. 

Reich's  Class,  349. 

Reiner  City,  290,  309,  317,  338,  359. 

Klegelsville.  153. 

Richland,  173. 

Richmond,  244,  249,  263;  Berks  Co.,  283, 

Riugtown,  283,  318,  360;  Cir.,  256;  Sta., 

243,  349,  359. 
Rising  Sun,  177,  226. 
Roaring  Creek,  256. 
Rochester  Miss.,  104,  107. 
Roehrig's  Class,  141. 
Rothville,  383. 
Roxburg,  226,  317,  371,  338. 
Rush  Vallev,  235. 
Sabbath,  The,  202,  285,  312. 


Salary  of  Preachers,  33,  56,  59,  63,  79, 

91,  94,  99,  103;  in  cities,  S3,  106,  108, 

110,  120,  121,  131,132, 144,  167,  242,  243, 

255   2S9 
Salem,  290;  (Schuylkill  Co.,)  310. 
Saylor  J.  M.,  327. 
Saylorsburg,  283. 

Schaferstown  Class,  163, 173.  [328. 

Schuylkill  Cir.,  18,   111,  141,B235,  250, 
Schuylkill  Haven  Cir.,  116;  Sta.,    Ill, 

177,  2-t4.    English  Miss.,  300. 
Schuylkill  Seminary,  320,  330,  331,  340; 

building,  351,   352,  361,  374,  386. 
Schnecksville,  348,  372. 
Schwenksville,  226. 
Scranton,  236,  283;  Miss.,  250,  256,  257, 

291,  318,  329. 
Secret  Societies,  115,  297. 
Seven  Points,  206,  275,  283,  299,  310. 
Seybert,  Bishop  John,  biography  of, 171. 
Seybert  Memorial  Church.    (See  Man- 

iieim). 
Shamokin,  173,  215;  Miss.,  236;  Sta.,  243, 

283   339. 
Shamrock,  275.  283,  292,  S60,  371,  384. 
Shenandoah  City   Miss.,  250,  276,   284, 

310,  329;  Sta.,  284,  291,  300,  361,   373, 

385. 
Shoemakersville,  283,  338,  372. 
Shoholo  Valley,  24-'.. 
Slavery,  Anti,  resolutions,  93, 182, 184. 
Slatedale,  215,  256. 
Slatington,  256. 
Social  Conference,  30. 
S(Mnerset  Cir. ,  76. 

Souderton  and  Telford  Miss.,  371.  [384. 
South  Bethlehem  Miss.,  227,  235,  .371, 
South  EastonMiss.,  3.37,350,  360,  373. 
Spiirrow  Bush,  243;  Miss.,  264.  275. 
Siiiritiialism,  Spirit  Rappings,  147,  200. 
Springtown,  153. 
Snydersville,  256.  275,  283,  290. 
Speculative  Life  Insurance,  326. 
State  of  the  Country,  182, 184, 193, 194. 
Stationing  Committee,  the  first,  22;  176, 

21,3. 
Statistics,    the    first,    23;   of   Eastern 

Conf.,  52;  of  East  Pa.   Conf.,    first. 

101,  172;  Annual  Conf.,  297,  308;  of 

General  Church,  107, 118,  136. 


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Strausstown  Churcl],  173,  291,  300. 

Steeltown.  173,  26-1,  282,  3S3. 

Stemton,  275,  328. 

Sterling,  220,  226,  249,  256,  263,' 275,  283. 

Stewards,  133. 

Stricklerstown,  173. 

Strohl  Appointment,  148. 

Stroudsburff,  2S3 ;  Miss.,  290,317. 

St.  Clair,  173,  177, 184. 

St.  JollU'p,  256,  275,  2i!>3,  291. 

St.  Peter's,  275. 

SubsiUiarv  Collection,  15,  23,  56. 

Summit  Hill,  264,  283.  291,  299,  329. 

Sunbury.  275,  283,  299;  Miss.,  275,  282, 
291,  383. 

Sunday  Newspapers,  364. 

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83;  tickets,  87;  statistics,  first,  122; 
statistics,  113, 122;  libraries,  222;  ex- 
hibitions, 222 ;  conventions,  annual, 
227,  237,244,  301 ;  Messenger,  165, 187, 
194-5. 

Sunday-School  and  Tract  Society, 
Conf.,  167, 172. 

Superannuated  Preacher  Fund,  69-,  113. 

Syracuse  Miss.,  108;  Sta.,  123. 

T.  ♦ 

Tamaqua,  124,  129,  145,  148,  1.56,  1.59, 
17.3,  235,  250;  Miss.,  371;  Sta.,  283, 
299,  309. 

Temperance,  62,  93,  193,  317;  Maine 
law,  138;  license,  13S,  251,  364,  .S88 ; 
local  option,  251,  258,  266;  prohibi- 
tion, 13S-9,  312,  321,  364,  388;  renting 
property,  286,  364 ;  woman's  crusade, 
258,  266. 

Terre  Hill.    (See  Fairville). 

The  Eastern  and  Western  Confer- 
ences, 49. 

The  Evangelical  Messenger,  118. 

The  S.  S.  Messenger,  165, 187,  194-5. 

"The  OKI  Way,"  213,  219. 

Tobacco,  90,  302. 

Topton,  3S4,  385. 

Tomensing  Township,  141. 

Tower  City,  284,  290,  292,  309,  310,  317, 

Trappe,  226;  Cir.,  226,  229. 

Tremont,    189,    226;    Cir.,  318;    Miss., 

236,  256. 
Trevo)  ton,  206,  299,  318,  330,  350;  Cir., 

226,  236,  299,  310;  Miss.,  206,  215,  .338, 

339. 
Turkey  Hill,  299,  359,  383. 

U. 

Union  Cir.,  26. 

Union  Church,  173,  243,  263,  275. 

Union,  (Monroe  Co.),  275,  283,  290. 

Union,  (Lebanon  Co.),  359. 

Union  Hill,  173.  201. 

Union  Hill  and  Greenville  Miss.,  201. 

Union,  The,  182-i,  193-4. 

Union  Seminary,  148-9,  154,  157,  160, 
163,  169,  173,  174,  178-9,  196,  197,  227, 
311;  endowment  of,  185;  finances, 
190-1. 


Uniontown,  236;  Cir.,  226,  243,  275,  283, 
291,  299,;ilO. 

United  Brethren  Church,  Conference 
with.  30. 

T. 

Vera  Cruz,  290,  309. 
Virgiusville,  371. 

W. 

Walter  John,  biography,  76;  grave,  299. 

Walz  W.  E.,  337. 

M'arren  Cir.,  141, 144. 

Washington  Church,    (Creswell  Cir.,) 

291. 

Waterloo  (Canada)  Miss.,  95. 

Waterloo  Cir.,  141, 144. 

Wayne  Cir..  226,  249,  263,  275,  283,  319, 
3S5;  Miss.,  184,  186,  220;  (Kellytown), 
220. 

Weber's  Class,  177,  236. 

Weissport,  158,  226,  291,  306;  Sta.,  299. 

Weissport  and  Mauch  Chunk  Sta.,  291. 

Wescoesville,  276. 

Wesnersville,  243,  2.50;  Miss.,  255,  2S2, 
328,  338,  372. 

West  Pa.  Conf.,  92. 

West  Philadelphia  Miss.,  201,  203. 

West  Penn,  283,  309,  372,  384. 

Westhaus,  195. 

Western  Conference,  the  origin,  46;  its 
relation  to  Eastern,  46,  50,  58,  60,  61, 
63,  68,  86;  first  statistics  of,  54;  first 
session,  54;  list  of  preachers,  54;  addi- 
tions to  its  territory,  76;  record  ends 
in  this  book,  82. 

White  Hall,  328. 

White  Haven,  235,  264,  291,  328,  337. 

White  Deer  Cir.,  67. 

Wiconisco,  275,  290,  309,  359;  Miss.,  359; 
Sta.,  153,  155,  168. 

Wiest  S.  L.,308. 

Wilkesbarre  Miss..  151,  236,  23S,  283, 
291,  2.57,  300,  337,  33S. 

Williamstown  Cir.,  290,  309,  310,  317; 
Miss.,  371;  Sta.,  31 8.  .372. 

Williams  Twp.,  141,  168,  290,309,  337. 

Williams  Valley  Cir.,  275,  290;  Miss., 
236.  250. 

Wind  Gap,  2.35,  256  275,  319,  384. 

Woehrle's,  275,  2S3, 291. 

Woman's  Miss.  Soc,  344. 

Womelsdorf,  173, 199;  Cir.,  141,153,163, 
173    291. 

Wooster  Cir.,  55, 

Worcester,  383. 


Y. 


York  Cir.,  24. 


Zion  Class,  (Ashland  Cir.,)  168, 173. 
Zion  Class,  (Lebanon),  1S9,  201.  206. 
Zion  Church,  'Mt.  Nebo  Cir.,)  299. 
Zion  District,  67,  92. 


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Sixth  and  AVashington  Streets,      -       -      Reading,  Pa. 


ADVERTISEMENTS,  431 


-*]  FOR  t*- 


(£hupcl]es   ar|cl    l^Wellings. 


|LLUsfKAf£0  CAfALoqUES i 


Forwarded  Free   of  Charge. 


SPECIAL  DESIGNS  FOR  MEMORIAL  AND 
FIGURE  WINDOWS. 


ALFRED  GODWIN, 

1201  Jaarhet  Street,    -    -    Philabelphia,  Pa. 


REFERENCE : — Ebenezer  Evangelical  Cliurch,  at  Reading,  Pa. 


432  ADVERTISEMElsrrS. 


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ifc|en,  cngltfcben,  franjbftfdben  unb  ^oaanbtfc|)en  QueQen. 
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9fo.  2.  «»?it  240  Silbern,  ebenfo  gebunben 7.00 

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bfutfdben  Ueberfe^ung  Dr.  Wlaxtin  2uit)cr'g.  *!0?it  200  [(^fa'nen  cingebrucften 
21bbilbungen  oon  Ruling  gcfjnorr  son  Sarolgfelb  unb  2  @tat)Ijlict)cn,  auf 
feineg  toet§eg  papier  gcbrudt.     (5)ro§  Dctao, 

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torg  unb  btjjen  5'arabieggartlein  ;  aui*  bie  ®onn»  unb  geicrtagg=@oangeliett. 
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feit.    ^lein  Quarto. 

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btgten  unb  ©rabrcben.  5)?it  bcm  58ilbni||£  bc3  SJerfaffcrg  unb  crroeitertcn 
5)?ittbeilungcn  am  feinem  au§eren  unb  innercn  S!ebenggange,  ncbji  etnem 
Slnljangc  »on  8  nai^gelaffcncn  J)rebJgten.    ©rop  Stopal'Dctao. 

©ction  in  Seinwanb  gebunben $2.50 

P.  S.— SBoflfiJ'nbige  fataloge  ttjerben  auf  SCerlangcn  gratis  berfanbt, 
t»"?t8entett  Uierbcn  lierlanot. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


433 


-THE— 


■.-MILLER-: 


T 


^4^    . 


ORGAN 


MiNUFACTURED  BY   TUE 

ORGAN  CO., 

LEBANON.  PA., 

Is  the  finest  and  best  oj 
all  good  Organs. 


Our  *  paRLOR  t  Organs 

have  no  superiors.      Used  all  over  the  world      Give  Unqualified 
*    *    *     Satisfaction.    *    *    * 

We  are  also  builders  of 

PIPE    ORGA]SrS 

of  all  sizes,  for  churches,  &c.  Our  extraordinary  facilities 
enable  us  to  build  Pipe  Orphans  in  the  best  and  most  thorough 
manner  and  at  minimum  cost. 

The  well-known,  conscientious  fidelity  which  we  have  given 
to  every  detail  of  the  Reed  Organ  Department  is  a  safe  guar- 
antee to  our  Pipe  Organ  work,  and  has  already  brought  us  a 
large  amount  of  patronage. 

Write  for  Estimates.     Catalogues  Free. 

MILLER  ORGAN  CO., 

Lebanon,  Pa, 


434 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE 


AS   PRESENTED   BY  THE 


MUTUAL 
BENEFIT 


i.        Home  Office: 
ALLENTOWN,  PA. 


Incorporated  February  7th,  1878. 


R. 


Dr.  W.  H.  Hartzell,  President;    John  E.  Lentz,  Vice-Presuient ;    Dr.   A 

HORNE,  Secretary;  A.  D.  Dreshek,  'treasurer;  J.  L.  Moter,  General 

SupertHtemient ;  Dr.  W.m.  A.  Hassler,  Medical  Adviser. 

Rev.  Bishop  Thos.  Bowman,  B.  D.  Keck,  E.-iq.,T.  J.  Schmeyer,  Esq.,  and  Dr.  H. 

S.  Campbell,  Directors. 

THE  KEYSTONE  MUTUAL  BENEFIT  ASSOCIATION 

Is,  as  is  shown  liy  tlie  Annual  Reports  of  Insurance  Commissioner  of  Pennsylvania, 
one  of  the  most  snccessful  of  the  Assessment  Companies,  and  ranks  as  tlrst-class 
among  its  competitors.  Anions-  a  healthy  class  of  peo])le  the  death-rate  is,  as  a 
matter  of  course,  much  lower  than  in  a  class  surrdumh'il  iiy  or  given  to  conditions 
unfavorable  to  health.  Consequently,  an  association  of  such  healthy  persons  has 
a  rate  of  mortality  consideraiily  lower  than  among  a  body  of  men  selected  without 
due  regard  to  soundness  of  health  or  safety  of  habits. 

Why  the  Keystone  is  Preferred. 

1.  Because  it  is  cheap.  2.  Because  its  affairs  are  economically  managed.  3.  Be- 
cause it  pays  its  losses  promptly.  4  Because  it  pays  all  legitimate  claims  in  full. 
5.  Because  it  is  careful  in  taking  ri.sks.  6.  Because  its  directors  are  well  known, 
careful,  conscientious  men.  T.  Because  it  has  never  allowed  any  speculation. 
8.  Because  its  officers  are  gentlemanly  and  polite.  9.  Because  it  is  straightfor- 
ward and  reliable  in  all  its  transactions. 

A  large  number  of  the  ministers  of  the  Evangelical  denomination  are  insured 
in  this  Association,  among  others  Revs.  W.  A.  Leopold,  R.  M.  Lichtenwalner,  C. 
H.  Baker,  J.  C.  Bleim,  D.  Yingst,  J.  S.  Newhardt,  D.  Lentz,  D.  A.  Medlar,  I.  U. 
Royer,  J.  \V.  Hoover,  S.  B.  Brown,  C.  H.  Egge,  etc. 

Special  reductions  made  to  ministers.  A  new  $5,000  policy  is  now  Issued  on  very 
low  terms.    Write  for  particulars. 


A  D  VERTISEMENTS . 


435 


"OUR    CROWNED    DEFENDERS." 

The  NEW  BOOK  in  preparation,  containing  full  and  accurate  sketches  of  the 
biography  of  all  the  deceasecl  Ministers  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference, 
Evangelical  Association,  and  some  of  the  deceased  General  Officers  of  the  Church, 
with  interesting  anecdotes,  incidents  and  events  duiiug  their  itinerant  lifetime. 
Personal  recollections  and  leminiscences  by  many  leading  members  of  the  Con- 
ference.   To  this  will  be  added 

AW  APPENDIX,  "Our  Uncrowned  Defenders." 

Sketches  of  the  life  and  Pen  Portraits  of  the  Personnel  of  the  present  East 
Pennsylvania  Conference. 

A  book  like  this  sliould  be  in  every  Evangelical  family  library.  It  will  probably 
contain  upwards  of  40U  pages,  and  will  be  sold  by  agents  only,  as  low  as  possible. 
Persons  can  apply  for  agency,  &c.,  to  the  Author  and  Publisher, 

VV.  A.  LEOPOLD,  XORRISTOWN,  Pa. 


Established  in  Reading,  Pa.,  in  1881. 
Removed  to  Fredericksburg,  Pa.,  in  1886. 


Its  main  educational  features  are: 
A  yORMAL  Bh'PARTMEST,  tcell  orrjanizea. 
A  DEPARTMEST  OF  MUSIC,  PAI^iTIXG  AND 
DRA  WISG. 

The  CLASSICAL,  SCIENTIFIC,  ana  ELEMEX- 
TARY  Courses  of  Studij. 


The  Best  INTELLECTUAL 
TRAINING  under  the  STRICTEST 
MORAL  SAFEGUARDS. 


Address 


TEOS.  S.  STEIN, 

Acting  Principal, 
[Fredericksburg,  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 


Or  the  Secretary, 

S.  C.  Bkeyfogel, 

Heading,  Pa. 


436 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


-5>^S=-ORGAN"IZED   1858. 


Life  Ingnranee   (Sompany, 

HOME  OFFICE,  MILWAUKEE,  WIS. 


ASSETS,  January  1st,  1888, 
SURPLUS,  («%&L^ 
INCOME,  in  year  1887, 


CrnDIll?     /Over  Legal  Reserve  ancl\ 
OllirLlo,    ^       Other  Liabilities,       J 


$28,858,018.90 
4,041,889.18 
6,860,119.13 


IT  PAYS  its  policy  holders  larger  dividends  than  any  ol  its  rival  companies. 
IT  ISSUES  all  forms  of  Life,  Semi-Tontine  and  Endowment  Policies,  which 

are  very  liberal  in  their  terms. 
IT  INVESTS  its  funds  upon  first  mortgage  upon  improved  real  estate  se- 
curity, at  Western  rates  of  interest ;  and  no  such  loan  can  be  made  for  more 
than  half  the  appraised  value  of  the  property.  Its  location  enables  it  to  select 
the  choicest  securities,  and  to  command  the  highest  rates  of  interest.  No 
loans  are  made  by  the  Company  on  stocks,  collateral  or  any  kind  of  fluctuat- 
ing or  doubtful  securities;  its  charter  prohibiting  all  such.  Its  interest  re- 
ceipts each  year  much  more  than  pay  its  death  losses. 
For  further  information  apply  to 

GEORGE  N.  REYNOLDS,  General  Agent, 

121  East  King  Street,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
WILLIAM  B.  BECHTEL,  District  Manager, 

546  Court  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  A.  SHROB'F,  District  Manager, 

245  West  Market  Street,  York,  Pa. 

J.  A.  KRAMER,  Special  Agent, 

533  Linden  Street,  Allentown,  Pa. 

J.  G.  SCHAD,  Special  Agent,  Tamaqua,  Pa. 

Revs.   S.   C.    Breyfogel,  J.  C.  Hornberger,  and  others,  are  insured  in  the 
"Northwestern." 


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